- Goosefishes,
sometimes called anglers or monkfishes, are a family, the Lophiidae, of
marine ray-finned
fishes belonging to the
order Lophiiformes, the...
- monkfish, fishing-frogs, frog-fish, and sea-devils, are
various species of
lophiid anglerfishes found in the
Atlantic and
Indian Oceans.
Lophius is known...
- it the
oldest lophiid found to date
based on
articulated skeletal remains. It has
several features that
distinguish it from
other lophiids, in particular...
-
occipital ray, on the head with this
third spine being present in the
other Lophiid genera. The head is large, its
length being half the
length of the fish...
- Wu & S. Li, 2012
Sladenia goosefishes are
characterised from the
other Lophiid genera by have a
rounded head and body
rather than a
dorsoventrally compressed...
-
Kenneth J. Sulak; and
George R.
Sedberry (2007). "Deep-water
chaunacid and
lophiid anglerfishes (Pisces: Lophiiformes) off the
Southeastern United States"...
- clackae.
Caruso Gen. et comb. nov
Valid Carnevale &
Pietsch Eocene Italy A
lophiid anglerfish, a new
genus for "Lophius"
brachysomus (Ag****iz). Centroberyx...
-
There are
fewer spines on the
sides and top of the head
compared to
other Lophiids. The
ridges on the
frontal bones are smooth.
There are only
three dorsal...
- S.W.; Sulak, K.J. & Sedberry, G.R. (2007). "Deep-water
chaunacid and
lophiid anglerfishes (Pisces: Lophiiformes) off the south-eastern
United States"...
