Author: (Brauer, 1902)
FBname: Soft leafvent angler
Comments: Also mesopelagic (Ref. 7300).  A small deep-sea angler fish.  Males dwarfed, becoming parasitic on females (Ref. 10762).  An 8 cm female was found with 3 parasitic males of 18 mm length, attached to her ventral side.  Adult (=parasitic) males are colorless with reduced teeth, jaws, and eyes.  Information on the maximum length of female was taken from Ref. 10762.