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.