WoRMS

WoRMS taxon details

Lophius americanus Valenciennes, 1837

AphiaID

159184 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159184)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Lophius Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Lophius americanus Valenciennes, 1837

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1837). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome douzième. Suite du livre quatorzième. Gobioïdes. Livre quinzième. Acanthoptérygiens à pectorales pédiculées. v. 12, pp i-xxiv + 1-507 + 1 p., Pls. 344-368., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4445812 [details]

Descriptive notes

Distribution Northern Gulf of St. Lawrence to northern Florida

Distribution Northern Gulf of St. Lawrence to northern Florida [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Lophius americanus Valenciennes, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159184 on 2026-07-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-27 07:39:43Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2008-01-15 17:27:08Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1837). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome douzième. Suite du livre quatorzième. Gobioïdes. Livre quinzième. Acanthoptérygiens à pectorales pédiculées. v. 12, pp i-xxiv + 1-507 + 1 p., Pls. 344-368., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4445812 [details]

basis of record Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]

Ecology

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]

Other

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

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Diet Feeds on fishes including herring, sand lance, alewives, smelt and cod [details]

Distribution Northern Gulf of St. Lawrence to northern Florida [details]

Habitat benthic [details]

Habitat Found to depths of 100 m, inhabiting the continental shelf. [details]

Importance Social [details]

Predators Sandbar shark, tiger shark, blue shark and swordfish [details]

Reproduction Spawns from June until September in the Canadian waters, open water/ Substratum egg scatterers [details]

Definitions

Language	Name
Dutch	Amerikaanse zeeduivel	[details]
English	monkfishgoosefishAmerican angler	[details]
French	baudroie d'Amériquebaudroie d’Amérique	[details]
German	Amerikanischer Seeteufel	[details]