Goosefish

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{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = Goosefishes | image = Lophius piscatorius.jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = Angler, Lophius piscatorius | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Actinopterygii | ordo = Lophiiformes | familia = Lophiidae | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = Lophiodes
Lophiomus
Lophius
Sladenia
See text for species. }} Goosefishes are a family, Lophiidae, of anglerfishes. They are found in the Arctic, Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans where they live on sandy and muddy bottoms of the continental slope, at depths up to 1,000 m.<ref>Template:FishBase family</ref>

They have a rodlike structure above the mouth tipped with a flap of flesh that is thought to be used to lure prey.

Several of the large (up to 1.2 m) species in the genus Lophius, commonly known as monkfishes, are important commercially fished species.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Species

Image:Monkfish.jpg There are 25 species in four genera:

• Genus Lophiodes
  • Lophiodes abdituspinus Ni, Wu & Li, 1990.
  • Lophiodes beroe Caruso, 1981.
  • Lophiodes bruchius Caruso, 1981.
  • Spottedtail angler, Lophiodes caulinaris (Garman, 1899).
  • Lophiodes fimbriatus Saruwatari & Mochizuki, 1985.
  • Lophiodes gracilimanus (Alcock, 1899).
  • Lophiodes infrabrunneus Smith & Radcliffe, 1912.
  • Natal angler, Lophiodes insidiator (Regan, 1921).
  • Longspine African angler, Lophiodes kempi (Norman, 1935).
  • Lophiodes miacanthus (Gilbert, 1905).
  • Lophiodes monodi (Le Danois, 1971).
  • Smooth angler, Lophiodes mutilus (Alcock, 1894).
  • Goosefish, Lophiodes naresi (Günther, 1880).
  • Reticulated goosefish, Lophiodes reticulatus Caruso & Suttkus, 1979.
  • Threadfin angler, Lophiodes spilurus (Garman, 1899).
• Genus Lophiomus
  • Blackmouth angler, Lophiomus setigerus (Vahl, 1797).
• Genus Lophius
  • American angler, Lophius americanus Valenciennes, 1837.
  • Black-bellied angler, Lophius budegassa Spinola, 1807.
  • Blackfin goosefish, Lophius gastrophysus Miranda-Ribeiro, 1915.
  • Lophius litulon (Jordan, 1902).
  • Angler, Lophius piscatorius Linnaeus, 1758.
  • Shortspine African angler, Lophius vaillanti Regan, 1903.
  • Cape monk, Lophius vomerinus Valenciennes, 1837.
• Genus Sladenia
  • Celebes monkfish, Sladenia remiger Smith & Radcliffe, 1912.
  • Sladenia shaefersi Caruso & Bullis, 1976.

References

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