Himantolophus compressus

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| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite journal |author=Costa, M. |author2=Munroe, T. |author3=Rijnsdorp, A.D. | title = Himantolophus compressus | journal = IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | volume=2014 | page =e.T18127828A45127568 | year =2014 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T18127828A45127568.en | doi-access =free }}

| genus = Himantolophus

| species = compressus

| authority = Osório, 1912

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Himantolophus compressus is a species of footballfish, a type of anglerfish. The fish is bathypelagic and non-migratory; it can be found in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Madeira and southern Portugal.{{FishBase genus|genus=Himantolophus|species=compressus|month=June|year=2016}}

The species is known only from the holotype, now lost. The specimen had a length of 130 mm.