THE CERATIOID ANGLERFISHES (LOPHIIFORMES, CERATIOIDEI) OF NEW-ZEALAND

Ceratioid anglerfishes collected from New Zealand waters are reviewed on the basis of all known material. Twenty species in nine genera and six families are recognised; nine species represent new records for th e region, and one species of Oneirodes is described as new to science. Diagnostic and descriptive data are given with notes on geographical distribution. Diagnoses of all ceratioid families are provided, agains t the possibility of capture within the New Zealand EEZ.