Goosefish

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Goosefish
Blackbellied monkfish

(Lophius budegassa)

Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Clade: Percomorpha
Order: Lophiiformes
Suborder: Lophioidei
Regan, 1912[1]
Family: Lophiidae
Rafinesque, 1810
Genera

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Goosefishes, sometimes called anglers or monkfishes, are a

Lophiiformes
, the anglerfishes. The family includes 30 recognized species. These fishes are found in all the world's oceans except for the Antarctic Ocean.

Taxonomy

The goosefish family, Lophiidae, was first proposed as a genus in 1810 by the French

suborder Lophioidei, this is one of 5 suborders of the Lophiiformes.[3] The Lophioidei is considered to be the most basal of the suborders in the order.[4]

Etymology

The goosefish family, Lophiidae, takes its name from its type genus, Lophius. Lophius means "mane" and is presumably a reference to the first 3 spines of the first dorsal fin which are tentacle like, with 3 smaller spines behind them.[5]

Genera

The goosefish family, Lophiidae, contains the following extant genera:[6]

Fossil taxa

The following extinct taxa are also among those included in the family Lophiidae:[7]

Characteristics

Goosefishes in the family Lophiidae have flattened heads and bodies covered in thin skin

standard length of 200 cm (79 in) while the smallest is Lophiodes fimbriatus with a maximum published standard length of 7.5 cm (3.0 in).[13]

American angler (Lophius americanus) at the New England Aquarium

Distribution

The goosefishes, family Lophiidae are found in the temperate, tropical, and subtropical Atlantic Indian and Pacific Oceans.[13]

Habitat and biology

The goosefishes are typically found on soft substrates on the

demersal juveniles and benthic adults.[15]

Utilisation

Goosefishes, particularly several of the large species in the genus Lophius, commonly known as

monkfishes in northern Europe, are important commercially fished species.[16] The liver of monkfish, known as ankimo, is considered a delicacy in Japan.[17]

References

  1. ^ C. T. Regan (1912). "The classification of the teleostean fishes of the order Pediculati". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History; Zoology, Botany, and Geology. 8. 9: 277–289.
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  5. ^ Christopher Scharpf (14 November 2022). "Order LOPHIIFORMES (part 1): Families LOPHIIDAE, ANTENNARIIDAE, TETRABRACHIIDAE, LOPHICHTHYIDAE, BRACHIONICHTHYIDAE, CHAUNACIDAE and OGCOCEPHALIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  6. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Lophidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  7. ^ "Family Lophiidae Cuvier (anglerfish)". Fossilworks. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  8. doi:10.1080/14772019.2011.565083
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  9. Copeia. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. March 14, 2011. Archived from the original
    on June 11, 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
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  11. ^ "Anglerfish". Laboratory News. 5 September 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  12. ^ "Family: LOPHIIDAE, Anglerfishes, Goosefish, Goosefishes". Shorefishes of the Greater Caribbean online information system. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  13. ^ a b Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2024). "Lophiidae" in FishBase. February 2024 version.
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  15. ^ Érica Pellegrini Caramaschi; Marcelo Vianna (2009). "Biology and Ecology of Anglerfishes of the genus Lophius (Lophiidae, Lophiiformes) witgh emphasis in Lophius gastrophysus Miranda-Rineiro, 1915: Current Status". Oecologia Brasiliensis - Artigos de revisão - Edição submissões espontâneas (in Portuguese). 11 (4).
  16. ^ John H. Caruso (2005). "Lophiidae". Tree of Life web project. Retrieved 4 April 2006.
  17. ^ Nami (9 December 2018). "Ankimo あん肝". justonecookbook. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
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