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Lophius vaillanti Regan, 1903

Shortspine African angler
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> Lophiiformes (Anglerfishes) > Lophiidae (Goosefishes)
Etymology: Lophius: Greek, lophos = crest (Ref. 45335).
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 Ecología

marino batidemersal; rango de profundidad 200 - 1233 m (Ref. 2742). Deep-water; 17°N - 23°S, 26°W - 15°E

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Eastern Atlantic: Cape Verde to 5°S.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 80.3 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 118486); common length : 40.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 2683)

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Inhabits upper slope waters. Feeds mainly on fishes (Ref. 2742).

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Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador : Ho, Hsuan-Ching | Colaboradores

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)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 09 October 2018

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Pesquerías: comercial
FAO - pesquerías: landings; Publication: search | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 7.3 - 11.3, mean 8.9 °C (based on 18 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5078   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01318 (0.00652 - 0.02665), b=3.02 (2.83 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  4.5   ±0.80 se; based on food items.
Resiliencia (Ref. 120179):  Bajo, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 4.5-14 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate to high vulnerability (52 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  Low vulnerability (25 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Medium.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 11.9 [1.5, 91.3] mg/100g; Iron = 0.406 [0.045, 4.148] mg/100g; Protein = 18.6 [14.7, 21.8] %; Omega3 = 0.241 [0.056, 0.944] g/100g; Selenium = 15.6 [2.2, 94.8] μg/100g; VitaminA = 8.63 [0.60, 110.13] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.201 [0.021, 2.552] mg/100g (wet weight);