WoRMS taxon details

Lophius americanus Valenciennes, 1837

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

accepted
Species
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]   
Distribution Northern Gulf of St. Lawrence to northern Florida  
Distribution Northern Gulf of St. Lawrence to northern Florida [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2023). FishBase. Lophius americanus Valenciennes, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159184 on 2023-05-28
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2005-05-27 07:39:43Z
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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]   

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

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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

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

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

Habitat benthic [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]
LanguageName 
Dutch Amerikaanse zeeduivel  [details]
English monkfishgoosefishAmerican angler  [details]
French baudroie d'Amériquebaudroie d’Amérique  [details]
German Amerikanischer Seeteufel  [details]
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