humpback anglerfish
humpback blackdevil
Johnson's anglerfish
melanocetus johnsonii latin

Melanocetus johnsonii (Humpback anglerfish)

The humpback anglerfish (Melanocetus johnsonii) was featured on the August 14, 1995 issue of Time magazine, becoming something of a flagship species of deep-sea fauna.

The humpback anglerfish or common black devil, Melanocetus johnsonii, is a deep-sea anglerfish in the family Melanocetidae, found in tropical to temperate parts of all oceans at depths of up to 2,000 meters (6,600 feet).

A brief attachment to the female does probably occur, however, as evidenced by a case of mistaken identity: A male humpback anglerfish was found attached to the lip of a female horned lantern fish (Centrophryne spinulosa) of an unrelated (though also non-parasitic) family of anglerfish, Centrophrynidae.