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Lophiomus setigerus (Vahl, 1797) 
AphiaID: 217838

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Lophiiformes (Order) > Lophiidae (Family) > Lophiomus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Lophiomus Gill, 1883
Synonymised
taxa
  Chirolophius laticeps Ogilby, 1910
Chirolophius malabaricus Samuel, 1963
Laphiomus setigerus (Vahl, 1797) (misspelling)
Lophiomus longicephalus Tanaka, 1918
Lophius indicus Alcock, 1889
Lophius setigerus Vahl, 1797
Lophius viviparus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Sources  basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los BaƱos, Philippines. 1 cd-rom 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]

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 
English blackmouth angler  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Mozambique [details]
Somalia [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Tanzania [details]
Host of  Acanthochondria oralis Yamaguti, 1939 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Acanthochondria sixteni (Wilson C.B., 1922) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Acanthochondria spirigera Shiino, 1955 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Anthessius lophiomi Avdeev & Kazachenko, 1986 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Hoia hoi Avdeev & Kazachenko, 1985 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Prohatschekia antennalis Avdeev & Kazachenko, 1985 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 29 proteins)
To ITIS
Notes  Description: Found at depths ranging from 70-250 m. Feeds on fishes (Ref. 5213). [details]

Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217838
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Lophiomus setigerus. 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=217838 on 2013-06-19
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