Anglerfish or sea devils [1] ( lat. Lophius ) is a genus of marine ray-fin fish of the anglerfish family of the anglerfish order. Found in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans . Body length from 50 to 150 cm [2] . Fossil known from the late Eocene [3] .
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The genus includes 7 existing and one extinct species:
- American angler [4] ( Lophius americanus ) Valenciennes , 1837
- Black-bellied Angler [1] ( Lophius budegassa ) Spinola , 1807
- West Atlantic angler [1] ( Lophius gastrophysus ) A. Miranda-Ribeiro , 1915
- Far Eastern Monkfish [5] ( Lophius litulon ) ( DS Jordan , 1902)
- European angler [1] ( Lophius piscatorius ) Linnaeus , 1758
- South African Angler [1] ( Lophius vaillanti ) Regan , 1903
- Cape Angler or Burmese Angler [1] ( Lophius vomerinus ) Valenciennes , 1837
- † Lophius brachysomus Agassiz , 1835
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 Reshetnikov Yu.S. , Kotlyar A.N. , Russ T.S. , Shatunovsky M.I. Pyatilingual dictionary of animal names. Fish. Latin, Russian, English, German, French. / edited by Acad. V. E. Sokolova . - M .: Rus. Yaz., 1989 .-- S. 423-424. - 12,500 copies. - ISBN 5-200-00237-0 .
- ↑ Lophius in the FishBase database.
- ↑ Sepkoski, Jack. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (English) // Bulletins of American Paleontology . - Paleontological Research Institution , 2002. - Vol. 364 . - P. 560 .
- ↑ Animal life. Volume 4. Lancelet. Cyclostomes. Cartilaginous fish. Bone fish / ed. T. S. Rassa , ch. ed. V. E. Sokolov . - 2nd ed. - M.: Education, 1983 .-- S. 512 .-- 575 p.
- ↑ Lophius litulon Jordan, 1902 . Institute of Marine Biology FEB RAS (2002-2003). Date of treatment May 21, 2013. Archived May 24, 2013.