• the name of the Lasiognathus genus of anglerfish (L. amphirhampus pictured), distinctive for its huge upper jaw, derives from the Greek for "hairy jaw"?
• the deep-sea anglerfish Thaumatichthys (pictured) has been called "one of the oddest creatures in the teeming variety of the fish world"?
• it is unknown what Rhynchactis anglerfish eat or how they feed, as they have no "fishing lure" and barely any teeth?
• black seadevils are a family of anglerfish named for their baleful appearance and pitch black skin?

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Catfish

• catfish species of the genus Hypophthalmus are unusual among neotropical fishes because they feed on plankton by straining water over a fine sieve created by numerous long, thin gill rakers?
• catfish of the genus Dekeyseria can rapidly change their colouration to fit their mood or their surroundings?
  
• catfish of the genus Leporacanthicus are also known as vampire plecostomus because of the presence of very long teeth on their upper jaw?
• Hypancistrus is a genus of catfish with suckermouths, including popular aquarium fish such as the zebra pleco?
• Pareuchiloglanis catfishes can be distinguished from other members of the Sisoridae family only by their premaxillary tooth bands?
• Phreatobius cisternarum, a species of catfish, is one of the few fish species that lives underground?
• Pinirampus pirinampu, a species of migratory catfish, is one of the most important fishery resources in certain reservoirs in its native range?
• Sorubim is a genus of catfish with shovel-shaped long noses?
• Bagrichthys macracanthus, the black lancer, is the only species of Bagrichthys, a genus of catfishes, that is traded in the aquarium hobby?
• a catfish of the genus Helogenes is known to jump out of the stream during rotenone fishing by locals, and jump back afterwards?