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Lophius Linnaeus, 1758 
AphiaID: 125802

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Lophiiformes (Order) > Lophiidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Lophiidae
Synonymised
taxa
  Lophie
Sources  original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100
page(s): 236 [details]


basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Roberts, C.; Stewart, A.; Francis, M. (2009). Marine fishes (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]

additional source: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

basis of record (from synonym): FishBase, version october 2012 [details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Dutch staartvis  [details]
French baudroie  [details]
French lotte  [details]
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taxa

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 Species Lophius americanus Valenciennes, 1837
Species Lophius budegassa Spinola, 1807
Species Lophius gastrophysus Miranda Ribeiro, 1915
Species Lophius litulon (Jordan, 1902)
Species Lophius piscatorius Linnaeus, 1758
Species Lophius vaillanti Regan, 1903
Species Lophius vomerinus Valenciennes, 1837

Species Lophius aculeatus Mitchill, 1818 accepted as Halieutichthys aculeatus (Mitchill, 1818)
Species Lophius bigibbus Latreille, 1804 accepted as Antennatus tuberosus (Cuvier, 1817)
Species Lophius bugadessa Spinola, 1807 accepted as Lophius budegassa Spinola, 1807
Species Lophius calico Mitchill, 1818 accepted as Histrio histrio (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Lophius chironectes Latreille, 1804 accepted as Antennarius pictus (Shaw, 1794)
Species Lophius cocinsinensis Shaw, 1812 accepted as Histrio histrio (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Lophius commerson Latreille, 1804 accepted as Antennarius commerson (Lacepède, 1798)
Species Lophius commerson Lacepède, 1798 accepted as Antennarius commerson (Lacepède, 1798)
Species Lophius commersonii Shaw, 1804 accepted as Antennarius commerson (Lacepède, 1798)
Species Lophius cubifrons Richardson, 1836 accepted as Ogcocephalus cubifrons (Richardson, 1836)
Species Lophius dubius White, 1790 accepted as Batrachomoeus dubius (White, 1790)
Species Lophius eurypterus Düben, 1845 accepted as Lophius piscatorius Linnaeus, 1758
Species Lophius faujas Lacepède, 1798 accepted as Halieutaea indica Annandale & Jenkins, 1910
Species Lophius geographicus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 accepted as Histrio histrio (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Lophius gibba Mitchill, 1815 accepted as Histrio histrio (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Lophius gibbus Mitchill, 1815 accepted as Histrio histrio (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Lophius gracilimanus Alcock, 1899 accepted as Lophiodes gracilimanus (Alcock, 1899)
Species Lophius hirsutus Lacepède, 1804 accepted as Brachionichthys hirsutus (Lacepède, 1804)
Species Lophius hispidus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Antennarius hispidus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Species Lophius histrio Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Histrio histrio (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Lophius indicus Alcock, 1889 accepted as Lophiomus setigerus (Vahl, 1797)
Species Lophius laevigatus (Cuvier, 1817) accepted as Histrio histrio (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Lophius laevis Latreille, 1804 accepted as Histrio histrio (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Lophius lugubris Alcock, 1894 accepted as Lophiodes mutilus (Alcock, 1894)
Species Lophius monopterygius Shaw, 1795 accepted as Hypnos monopterygius (Shaw, 1795)
Species Lophius muricatus Shaw, 1804 accepted as Halieutaea indica Annandale & Jenkins, 1910
Species Lophius mutilus Alcock, 1894 accepted as Lophiodes mutilus (Alcock, 1894)
Species Lophius naresi Günther, 1880 accepted as Lophiodes naresi (Günther, 1880)
Species Lophius nigricans Forster, 1794 accepted as Batrachomoeus dubius (White, 1790)
Species Lophius papillosus Weber, 1913 accepted as Lophiodes mutilus (Alcock, 1894)
Species Lophius parvipinnis Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Lophius budegassa Spinola, 1807
Species Lophius pelagicus Banks, 1962 accepted as Histrio histrio (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Lophius pictus Shaw, 1794 accepted as Antennarius pictus (Shaw, 1794)
Species Lophius quinqueradiatus Brauer, 1906 accepted as Lophiodes mutilus (Alcock, 1894)
Species Lophius radiatus Mitchill, 1818 accepted as Ogcocephalus radiatus (Mitchill, 1818)
Species Lophius raninus Tilesius, 1809 accepted as Histrio histrio (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Lophius setigerus Vahl, 1797 accepted as Lophiomus setigerus (Vahl, 1797)
Species Lophius spectrum Gronow, 1854 accepted as Antennarius striatus (Shaw, 1794)
Species Lophius stellatus Vahl, 1797 accepted as Halieutaea stellata (Vahl, 1797)
Species Lophius striatus Shaw, 1794 accepted as Antennarius striatus (Shaw, 1794)
Species Lophius tricornis (Cloquet, 1817) accepted as Antennarius striatus (Shaw, 1794)
Species Lophius tumida Osbeck, 1765 accepted as Histrio histrio (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Lophius tumidus Osbeck, 1765 accepted as Histrio histrio (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Lophius upsicephalus Smith, 1841 accepted as Lophius vomerinus Valenciennes, 1837
Species Lophius vespertilio Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Ogcocephalus vespertilio (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Lophius viviparus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Lophiomus setigerus (Vahl, 1797)
Environment marine
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A Lophius sp (Monkfish)
A Lophius sp (Monkfish)
added on 2008-09-22
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125802
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Lophius Linnaeus, 1758. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125802 on 2013-06-20
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