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Lophius piscatorius Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

126555 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126555)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Lophius Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Lophius piscatorius Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Batrachus eurypterus (Düben, 1845) · unaccepted

Batrachus piscator (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (misspelling)

Batrachus piscatorius (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted

Lophius eurypterus Düben, 1845 · unaccepted

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Subspecies Lophius piscatorius budegassa Spinola, 1807 accepted as Lophius budegassa Spinola, 1807

Environment

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

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Lophius piscatorius Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126555 on 2026-01-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2008-01-15 17:27:08Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 236 [details] Available for editors

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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]

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. Scientific Data. 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 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., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]

additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

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

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

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Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

Language	Name
Basque	zapo zuri	[details]
Breton	mordosecmarimorganmarache	[details]
Catalan	rap blancgranota de mar	[details]
Corsican	rospu	[details]
Czech	das mořský	[details]
Danish	havtaskebredflab	[details]
Dutch	zeeduivel	[details]
English	monkfishmonkgoosefishbellyfishangler-fishangler	[details]
Finnish	merikrotti	[details]
French	seyotseillotlottediablebaudroie communebaudroie	[details]
German	SeeteufelAnglerfisch	[details]
Hebrew	חכאי שדי	[details]
Icelandic	skötuselur	[details]
Irish	láimhíneachfrogfish	[details]
Italian	rana pescatricecoda di rospo	[details]
Modern Greek (1453-)	Πεσκαντρίτσα	[details]
Norwegian	breiflabb	[details]
Norwegian Bokmål	breiflabb	[details]
Norwegian Nynorsk	breiflabb	[details]
Polish	zabnica	[details]
Portuguese	ra do marpeixe-pescadorpeixe sapo	[details]
Russian	Морской черт	[details]
Scottish Gaelic	molly gowan	[details]
Slovenian	morska žaba	[details]
Spanish	rapepejesapo	[details]
Swedish	marulkhavspadda	[details]
Turkish	fener baligi	[details]
Ukrainian	Морський чорт європейський Морський чорт європейскийВудильник морський	[details]
Welsh	cythraul y môr	[details]