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Lophiidae (Goosefishes)
Etymology: Lophius: Greek, lophos = crest (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Professor Léon Louis Vaillant (1834–1914) was a French herpetologist, ichthyologist and malacologist at the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, well known for his researches in East Indian ichthyology. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Regan.
Issue
This species is synonym of Lophius piscatorius Linnaeus, 1758 according to Santos et al. (1997: Ref. 35204). The species page will be removed.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Οικολογία
Θαλασσινό(ά) βαθύβιο(ς); εύρος βάθους 200 - 1233 m (Ref. 2742). Deep-water; 17°N - 23°S, 26°W - 15°E
Eastern Atlantic: Cape Verde to 5°S.
Μέγεθος / Βάρος / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 80.3 cm TL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 118486); common length : 40.0 cm TL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 2683)
Inhabits upper slope waters. Feeds mainly on fishes (Ref. 2742).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Γεννητική Ωρίμανση | Αναπαραγωγή | Γεννοβολία | Αβγά | Γονιμότητα | Προνύμφες
Caruso, J.H., 1990. Lophiidae. p. 479-480. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1. (Ref. 7400)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
CITES (Ref. 131153)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
115969): 7.3 - 11.3, mean 8.9 (based on 18 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5078 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01318 (0.00655 - 0.02653), b=3.02 (2.83 - 3.21), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Τροφικό Επίπεδο (Ref.
69278): 4.5 ±0.80 se; based on food items.
Ελαστικότητα (Ref.
120179): Χαμηλό, ελάχιστος χρόνος για διπλασιασμό πληθυσμού 4,5 - 14 έτη (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate to high vulnerability (52 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref.
125649): Low vulnerability (25 of 100).