Lophiomus setigerus

• Overview
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• Bibliography
• More Info
• Notes

Overview

Family : Goosefishes ; Found on sandy mud bottom (Ref. 11230). Feeds on fishes (Ref. 5213). Oviparous (Ref. 205), multiple spawner (Ref. 32832).

Common Names

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Description

Family Lophiidae

Distribution: Arctic , Atlantic (including the Mediterranean Sea ), Indian and Pacific. Head extremely big, wide, and depressed (except Sladenia with rounded head). Well developed teeth. Lower jaw and sides of head and flanks fringed with small flaps. Pectoral fin 13-28 rays . Second dorsal fin 8-12 soft rays . Anal fin 6-10 rays. Vertebrae 18 or 19, in Lophius 26-31. Equipped with a movable rodlike structure above mouth , tipped with a flap of flesh resembling a flag apparently for luring prey . Mouth large. Maximum length 1.2 m .The family Lophiidae belongs to the Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes ) and the Order Lophiiformes. It contains 4 genera and 25 species. It may be found in Marine environments and is primarily Marine. Members of this family are not used in the aquarium trade. Reproductively, most members of this family are nonguarders. The main mode of swimming of adult fish in this family is subcarangiform. Compared with other fish, the activity level of this family tends to be sluggish. Members of this family have been dated back to the middle Eocene epoch of the Tertiary period. Etymology of this family name : Greek, lophos = crest

Habitat

Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -3,722 meters (0 to -12,211 feet).Mean = -410.670 meters (-1,347.343 feet), Standard Deviation = 692.490 based on 413 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.

Biome: Saltwater . Demersal .

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Chirolophius laticeps Ogilby, 1910
2. Chirolophius malabaricus Samuel, 1963
3. Lophiomus longicephalus Tanaka, 1918
4. Lophiomus setigerus (Vahl, 1797)
5. Lophius indicus Alcock, 1889
6. Lophius setigerus Vahl, 1797
7. Lophius viviparus Bloch & Schneider, 1801

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 22-Jan-1997

Similar Species

Members of the genus Lophiomus

There are approximately 5 species in this genus:

L. budegassa · L. laticeps · L. litulvu · L. mutilus · L. setigerus (Blackmouth Angler)

Bibliography

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Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• FishBase 2006.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed June 01, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
• MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 18, 2008.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 15, 2007:

• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, CSIRO Marine Data Warehouse
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Marine and Coastal Management - Demersal Surveys
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity - Fish Collection
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, iziko South African Museum - Fish Collection
• Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Vertebrate specimens
• Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Ichtyologie
• National Chemical Laboratory, IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS
• OZCAM
• Provider, Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
• The Swedish Museum of Natural History
• , Fishes
• UNIBIO, IBUNAM, CNPE/Coleccion Nacional de Peces

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2495807
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-26573
• Fishbase Species ID: 7517
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13551155
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 164511
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 115667

Footnotes

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