Teleostei (teleosts) > Lophiiformes (Anglerfishes) > Lophiidae (Goosefishes)
Etymology: Lophius: Greek, lophos = crest (Ref. 45335).
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Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 25 - 560 m (Ref. 11230); deep-water.

Northwest Pacific: Japan, Korea, and the Yellow and East China seas.

Maturity: L_m 52.7, range 39 - 63 cm
Max length: 150 cm SL male/unsexed (Ref. 559); max. published weight: 3.5 kg (Ref. 124479).

Found in sandy mud bottom (Ref. 11230). A carnivore (Ref. 9137). Mainly feed on fish, euphausiids, sagittoids and shrimps (Ref. 53326). Used in Chinese medicine (Ref. 12166). Consumed as food, liver considered as delicacy in Japan (Ref. 47220).

Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino 1984 The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text). (Ref. 559)

  Data deficient (DD); date assessed: August 12 2019

Not Evaluated

Not Evaluated

  Harmless

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 5.6 - 20.9, mean 17.4 °C (based on 173 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5078 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01413 (0.00978 - 0.02041), b=3.01 (2.91 - 3.11), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 4.1 ±0.7 se; Based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (tm=6.2; Fec=310,000 (batch fecundity)).

Fishing vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Very high vulnerability (90 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Low; Questionable: based on ex-vessel price for species in this genus.

Nutrients (Ref. 124155): Calcium = 0 [0, 0] mg/100g; Iron = 0 [0, 0] mg/100g; Protein = 0 [0, 0] %; Omega3 = 0 [0, 0] g/100g; Selenium = 0 [0, 0] μg/100g; VitaminA = 0 [0, 0] μg/100g; Zinc = 0 [0, 0] mg/100g (wet weight);