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Lophius piscatorius Linnaeus, 1758 
AphiaID: 126555

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Lophiiformes (Order) > Lophiidae (Family) > Lophius (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Lophius Linnaeus, 1758
Synonymised
taxa
  Batrachus eurypterus (Düben, 1845)
Batrachus piscator (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling)
Batrachus piscatorius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lophius eurypterus Düben, 1845
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: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [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]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Basque zapo zuri  [details]
Breton marache  [details]
Breton marimorgan  [details]
Breton mordosec  [details]
Catalan granota de mar  [details]
Catalan rap blanc  [details]
Corsican rospu  [details]
Czech das mořský  [details]
Danish bredflab  [details]
Danish havtaske  [details]
Dutch zeeduivel  [details]
English angler  [details]
English angler-fish  [details]
English bellyfish  [details]
English goosefish  [details]
English monk  [details]
English monkfish  [details]
Finnish merikrotti  [details]
French baudroie  [details]
French baudroie commune  [details]
French diable  [details]
French lotte  [details]
French seillot  [details]
French seyot  [details]
German Anglerfisch  [details]
German Seeteufel  [details]
Hebrew חכאי שדי  [details]
Icelandic skötuselur  [details]
Irish frogfish  [details]
Irish láimhíneach  [details]
Italian coda di rospo  [details]
Italian rana pescatrice  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Πεσκαντρίτσα  [details]
Norwegian breiflabb  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål breiflabb  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk breiflabb  [details]
Polish zabnica  [details]
Portuguese peixe sapo  [details]
Portuguese peixe-pescador  [details]
Portuguese ra do mar  [details]
Russian Морской черт  [details]
Scottish Gaelic molly gowan  [details]
Slovenian morska žaba  [details]
Spanish pejesapo  [details]
Spanish rape  [details]
Swedish havspadda  [details]
Swedish marulk  [details]
Turkish fener baligi  [details]
Ukrainian Вудильник морський  [details]
Ukrainian Морський чорт європейский  [details]
Ukrainian Морський чорт європейський  [details]
Welsh cythraul y môr  [details]
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Subspecies Lophius piscatorius budegassa Spinola, 1807 accepted as Lophius budegassa Spinola, 1807
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Black Sea [details]
British Isles [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin [details]
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Wimereux [details]
Host of  Chondracanthus lophii Johnston, 1836 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus curtus O. F. Müller, 1785 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Chondracanthus barnardi Ho, 1972 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Holobomolochus albidus (Wilson C.B., 1931) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Hamaticolax albidus (Wilson C.B., 1932) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Chondracanthus gibbosus Shiino, 1955 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Acantholochus albidus (Wilson, 1932) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus elongatus Heegaard, 1943 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (31 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (984 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To GenBank (131 nucleotides; 62 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To ITIS
Images 
Lophius piscatorius Linnaeus, 1758
Lophius piscatorius Linnaeus, 1758
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Lophius piscatorius Linnaeus, 1758
Lophius piscatorius Linnaeus, 1758
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Lophius piscatorius Linnaeus, 1758
Lophius piscatorius Linnaeus, 1758
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Lophius piscatorius Linnaeus, 1758
Lophius piscatorius Linnaeus, 1758
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Lophius piscatorius Linnaeus, 1758
Lophius piscatorius Linnaeus, 1758
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Gilson (1921, fig. 58)
Gilson (1921, fig. 58)
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Poll (1947, fig. 262)
Poll (1947, fig. 262)
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Poll (1947, fig. 263)
Poll (1947, fig. 263)
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Poll (1947, fig. 264)
Poll (1947, fig. 264)
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Lophius piscatorius
Lophius piscatorius
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Lophius piscatorius (juv.)
Lophius piscatorius (juv.)
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Lophius piscatorius
Lophius piscatorius
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126555
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Lophius piscatorius 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=126555 on 2013-05-24
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