Translations for „anglerfish“ in the English » German Dictionary

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This indicates the anglerfish use a polyandrous mating system.

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The sensitive olfactory organs help the male to detect the pheromones that signal the proximity of a female anglerfish.

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Body shape and the arrangement of the fins is highly variable, covering such seemingly un-fishlike forms as seahorses, pufferfish, anglerfish, and gulpers.

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When scientists first started capturing ceratioid anglerfish, they noticed that all of the specimens were female.

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Their hyoid barbel distinguishes them from the males of all other deep-sea anglerfish.

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The dominant bathypelagic fishes are small bristlemouth and anglerfish; fangtooth, viperfish, daggertooth and barracudina are also common.

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They are significantly smaller than a female anglerfish, and may have trouble finding food in the deep sea.

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A single anglerfish female can mate with many males in this manner.

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The female anglerfish releases pheromones to attract tiny males.

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While this attachment has become necessary for the male's survival, it will eventually consume him, as both anglerfish fuse into a single hermaphroditic individual.

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