WoRMS taxon details
Lophius americanus Valenciennes, 1837
159184 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159184)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
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. (2022). FishBase. Lophius americanus Valenciennes, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159184 on 2022-05-21
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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). (2021). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (08/2021)., available online at https://www.fishbase.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). (2021). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (08/2021)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present 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]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | Amerikaanse zeeduivel | [details] |
| English | monkfishgoosefishAmerican angler | [details] |
| French | baudroie d'Amériquebaudroie d’Amérique | [details] |
| German | Amerikanischer Seeteufel | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (29 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (94 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To GenBank (80 nucleotides; 103 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lophius piscatorius P15003 illustration)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (94 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To GenBank (80 nucleotides; 103 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lophius piscatorius P15003 illustration)
To ITIS
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