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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Lophiiformes (Anglerfishes) > Lophiidae (Goosefishes)
Etymology: Lophius: Greek, lophos = crest (Ref. 45335). More on author: Valenciennes.

Environment / Climate / Range Ecology

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 150 - 400 m (Ref. 27121). Deep-water, preferred 21°C (Ref. 107945); 25°N - 37°S, 12°E - 99°E (Ref. 54569)

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Southeast Atlantic: Namibia (Ref. 5846), off South Africa (Ref. 4108).

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Maturity: L_m ?, range 40 - ? cm
Max length : 100.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4108); common length : 50.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3427); max. reported age: 11 years (Ref. 36279)

Found on the deeper continental shelf and upper slope (Ref. 27121). Feeds mainly on bottom-living fishes (Ref. 27121, 27637) often on pilchard, round herring and horse mackerel (Ref. 36731). Minimum depth reported from Ref. 5213.

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Ho, Hsuan-Ching | Collaborators

Caruso, J.H., 1986. Lophiidae. p. 363-366. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 4108)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Near Threatened (NT)

CITES (Ref. 94142)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805): PD₅₀ = 0.5078 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01072 (0.00635 - 0.01809), b=3.00 (2.85 - 3.15), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278): 4.5 ±0.70 se; Based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 69278): Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (K=0.04-0.08; tm=4; tmax=11).

Prior r = 0.29, 2 SD range = 0.14 - 0.59, log(r) = -1.24, SD log(r) = 0.36, Based on: 2 K, 1 tgen, 1 tmax, records

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): High vulnerability (60 of 100) .

Price category (Ref. 80766): Low.

Lophius vomerinus Valenciennes, 1837