# Devilfish

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**Devilfish** or **devil fish** may refer to:

## Animals

- Species of [Mobulidae](/source/Mobulidae) (devil rays), including: - *[Mobula mobular](/source/Mobula_mobular)*, known as "devil fish" - *[Mobula birostris](/source/Mobula_birostris)*, the oceanic manta ray
- Species of Australian *[Paraplesiops](/source/Paraplesiops)*, including: - *[Paraplesiops meleagris](/source/Paraplesiops_meleagris)*, the southern or western blue devil fish - *[Paraplesiops bleekeri](/source/Paraplesiops_bleekeri)*, the eastern blue devil fish
- Pelagic anglerfish ([Ceratioidei](/source/Ceratioidei)), historically named "sea devils", such as: - [Ceratiidae](/source/Ceratiidae), warty seadevils - [Melanocetidae](/source/Melanocetidae), black seadevils
- *[Dosidicus gigas](/source/Dosidicus_gigas)*, the "red devil" (Spanish: *diablo rojo*) squid
- *[Inimicus didactylus](/source/Inimicus_didactylus)*, a venomous scorpionfish

### Archaic names

"Devilfish" was historically used for the following animals:

- *[Lophius piscatorius](/source/Lophius_piscatorius)*, the European angler
- *[Eschrichtius robustus](/source/Eschrichtius_robustus)*, gray whales, which fought vigorously when hunted
- *[Esox lucius](/source/Esox_lucius)*, the northern pike
- [Octopus](/source/Octopus)

## Mythology and cryptids

- Devil Fish, purported [Jenny Haniver](/source/Jenny_Haniver) cryptids
- Devil Fish, octopus-like, carnivorous cryptid, supposedly seen and killed by Czech adventurer [Jan Eskymo Welzl](/source/Jan_Eskymo_Welzl) in 1906

## Other

- *Devil Fish* (video game), a maze arcade game
- [*Devilfish* (custom car)](/source/Devilfish_(custom_car)), winner of the 1973 [Ridler](/source/Detroit_Autorama#Ridler_Award)
- [USS *Devilfish* (SS-292)](/source/USS_Devilfish_(SS-292)), a *Balao*-class submarine
- *Devilfish*, the name of the primary troop transport for the [Tau Empire](/source/Tau_(Warhammer_40,000)) in the fictional universe of Warhammer 40,000
- A set of modifications to the [Roland TB-303](/source/Roland_TB-303) Bass Line synthesizer
- The Terminus typeB303 "Devilfish", a 2005 mecha in the anime series *[Eureka Seven](/source/Eureka_Seven)*
- *Devilfish*, the US video-release title given to the 1984 Italian film *[Monster Shark](/source/Monster_Shark)*
- Devilfish, the online persona of the webcomic character [Marcy Wisniewski](/source/PvP#Marcy_Wisniewski) from *PvP*
- Devilfish, the nickname of poker player [Dave Ulliott](/source/Dave_Ulliott)
- [Tampa Bay Rays](/source/Tampa_Bay_Rays), a Major League Baseball team originally named the *Devil Rays* for the devil fish, which remains in use as a retro identity

## See also

- [Sea devil (disambiguation)](/source/Sea_devil_(disambiguation))

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