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Teleostei (teleosts) > Lophiiformes (Anglerfishes) > Lophiidae (Goosefishes)
Etymology: Lophius: Greek, lophos = crest (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 70 - 1013 m (Ref. 115260), usually 100 - 500 m (Ref. 115262). Deep-water; 63°N - 13°N, 18°W - 42°E

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Eastern Atlantic: British Isles to Senegal, including the Mediterranean, the Black Sea and the Baltic Sea.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ?, range 54 - ? cm
Max length : 100.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4712); common length : 50.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 7400); max. reported age: 21 years (Ref. 46508)

Found from shallow, inshore waters to 650 m depth. Maximum depth range at 1013 m in the eastern Ionian Sea (Ref. 56504). Feeds on nekton, mainly fishes (4712).

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

Caruso, J.H., 1990. Lophiidae. p. 479-480. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1. (Ref. 7400)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 11 July 2014

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial

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Lophius budegassa Spinola, 1807