WoRMS taxon details
Lophius vomerinus Valenciennes, 1837
217839 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217839)
accepted
Species
Lophius upsicephalus Smith, 1841 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Lophius vomerinus Valenciennes, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217839 on 2026-07-10
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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]
original description (of Lophius upsicephalus Smith, 1841) Smith, A. (1838-1847). Pisces. <em>In: Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa; consisting chiefly of figures and descriptions of the objects of natural history collected during an expedition into the interior of South Africa in 1834-36.</em> v. 4: 77 unnumb. pp, accompanying Pls. 1-31. [Published in parts; see Barnard 1950 for dates of individual parts; fishes from 1838-1847.]. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Lophius upsicephalus Smith, 1841) Smith, A. (1838-1847). Pisces. <em>In: Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa; consisting chiefly of figures and descriptions of the objects of natural history collected during an expedition into the interior of South Africa in 1834-36.</em> v. 4: 77 unnumb. pp, accompanying Pls. 1-31. [Published in parts; see Barnard 1950 for dates of individual parts; fishes from 1838-1847.]. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | West-Afrikaanse zeeduivel | [details] |
| English | devil anglerfish | [details] |
| French | baudroie diableé | [details] |
| German | Westafrikanischer Anglerfisch | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (31 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Lophius upsicephalus Smith, 1841)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lophius vomerinus)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Lophius upsicephalus Smith, 1841)
To GenBank (47 nucleotides; 41 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Lophius upsicephalus Smith, 1841)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lophius vomerinus)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Lophius upsicephalus Smith, 1841)
To GenBank (47 nucleotides; 41 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To ITIS
