Deep-Sea taxon details
Lophiidae Rafinesque, 1810
- Genus Lophiodes Goode & Bean, 1896
- Genus Lophiomus Gill, 1883
- Genus Lophius Linnaeus, 1758
- Genus Sladenia Regan, 1908
- Genus Chirolophius Regan, 1903 accepted as Lophiodes Goode & Bean, 1896 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Distribution Distribution: Arctic, Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Head extremely big, wide, and depressed. Mouth large. Well...
Distribution Distribution: Arctic, Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Head extremely big, wide, and depressed. Mouth large. Well developed teeth. Lower jaw and sides of head and flanks fringed with small flaps. Equipped with a movable rodlike structure above mouth, tipped with a flap of flesh resembling a flag apparently for luring prey. Maximum length 1.2 m. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Lophiidae Rafinesque, 1810. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125493 on 2026-01-11
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Lophiidae Rafinesque, 1810. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125493 on 2026-01-11
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Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors 
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Distribution Distribution: Arctic, Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Head extremely big, wide, and depressed. Mouth large. Well developed teeth. Lower jaw and sides of head and flanks fringed with small flaps. Equipped with a movable rodlike structure above mouth, tipped with a flap of flesh resembling a flag apparently for luring prey. Maximum length 1.2 m. [details]
