Himantolophus crinitus

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite journal |author=Arnold, R. | title = Himantolophus crinitus | journal = IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | volume= 2015| page =e.T42830213A42837262 | year = 2015| doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T42830213A42837262.en | doi-access = free }}

| genus = Himantolophus

| species = crinitus

| authority = Bertelsen & G. Krefft, 1988

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Himantolophus crinitus is a species of footballfish, a type of anglerfish. The fish is bathypelagic and has been found at depths of around {{convert|610|m}}. It is endemic to the eastern and southeastern central Atlantic Ocean.{{FishBase genus|genus=Himantolophus|species=crinitus|month=June|year=2016}} The species is currently only known from 11 specimens. Females attain a maximum size of 8.3 cm. While males have not yet been recorded, they are likely to be diminutive in comparison to the females, as is common in the family Himantolophidae.