Lophius budegassa

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Lophius budegassa

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Lophiiformes
Family: Lophiidae
Genus: Lophius
Species:
L. budegassa
Binomial name
Lophius budegassa
Spinola, 1807
Synonyms[2]
  • Lophius piscatorius budegassa Spinola, 1807
  • Lophius parvipinnis Cuvier, 1829

Lophius budegassa, the blackbellied angler or blackbellied monkfish, is a species of marine

Lophiidae
, the goosefishes, monkfishes and anglers. This species is found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.

Taxonomy

Lophius budegassa was first formally

Lophioidei with the order Lophiiformes.[4]

Etymology

Lophius budegassa has the genus name Lophius, which means "mane" and is presumably a reference to the first three spines of the first dorsal fin which are tentacle like, with three smaller spines behind them. The specific name budegassa is derived from budegasso, a vernacular name for this species along the Gulf of Genoa in Italy.[5]

Description

Lophius budegassa has a very large, flattened head with a wide mouth which contains a number of large, recurved, sharp teeth. There are 6 dorsal fin spines with the first three located on the on the head being separate and not enclosed in a membrane.

total length of 50 cm (20 in) is more typical.[2]

Distribution and habitat

Lophius budegassa is found in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean from north of Scotland and southern Norway to Senegal and in the Mediterranean.

bathydemersal fish found at depths between 70 and 1,013 m (230 and 3,323 ft), typically between 100 and 500 m (330 and 1,640 ft), the deepest fish were found in the Aegean Sea.[2]

Biology

Lophius budegassa has been found to spawn between November and February off the Atlantic coast of Spain but very few mature females were found during the season, suggesting that the females migrate to other geographical areas or different depths to breed. Males attain sexual maturity at 7 years old and a length of 38.6 cm (15.2 in) while for females it is reached at 9 or 10 years old and at a length of 53.6 cm (21.1 in).[8] The spawn is within a buoyant gelatinous mass, the larvae and post-larvae are found among the plankton.[6]

This is a piscivorous fish, an ambush predator, that is opportunistic and not selective.

Levant Sea the most common prey were the deep-water rose prawn (Parapenaeus longirostris) and the green-eyed shortnose (Chlorophthalmus agassizi).[9]

Fisheries and conservation

Lophius budegassa is a valued food fish and is targeted by commercial fisheries, especially off Spain and Portugal. In the southern part of its range it is mainly taken as bycatch in prawn trawl fisheries. The blackbellied angler is long-lived, attains sexual maturity at a late age and is slow to reproduce and these life history traits make it vulnerable to overfishing, and there are indications that in some areas the stock has been overfished. For example, landings in Mauritania have declined by 96%. However, there is no reliable data on the population trends and the International Union for Conservation of Nature have classified this species as Data Deficient,[1]

References

  1. ^
    doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T198609A21911220.en
    . Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2024). "Lophius budegassa" in FishBase. February 2024 version.
  3. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Lophius". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  4. OL 25909650M
    .
  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 7 March 2024.
  6. ^
    ISBN 1855853647
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  7. ^ J-C Hureau. "Lophius budegassa". Fishes of the Northeastern Atlantic and Mediterranean. Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
  8. doi:10.1016/j.fishres.2008.05.004
    .
  9. ^
    doi:10.1016/j.rsma.2019.100940
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  10. hdl:11585/132892
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  11. ^ Negzaoui-Garali, N.; Salem, Mohamed; and Capapé, Christian (2008). "Feeding habits of the black anglerfish, Lophius budegassa (Osteichthyes : Lophiidae), off the Tunisian coast (central Mediterranean)". Cahiers de Biologie Marine. 49: 113–122.
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