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Lophiidae (Goosefishes)
Etymology: Lophius: Greek, lophos = crest (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Professor Léon Louis Vaillant (1834–1914) was a French herpetologist, ichthyologist and malacologist at the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, well known for his researches in East Indian ichthyology. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Regan.
Taxonomic Remarks
This species is synonym of Lophius piscatorius Linnaeus, 1758 according to Santos et al. (1997: Ref. 35204). The species page will be removed.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
marin bathydémersal; profondeur 200 - 1233 m (Ref. 2742). Deep-water; 17°N - 23°S, 26°W - 15°E
Eastern Atlantic: Cape Verde to 5°S.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 80.3 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 118486); common length : 40.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 2683)
Inhabits upper slope waters. Feeds mainly on fishes (Ref. 2742).
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
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)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: commercial
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Température préférée (Réf.
123201): 7.3 - 11.3, mean 8.9 °C (based on 18 cells).
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5078 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01318 (0.00652 - 0.02665), b=3.02 (2.83 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Réf.
69278): 4.5 ±0.80 se; based on food items.
Résilience (Réf.
120179): Faible, temps minimum de doublement de population : 4,5 à 14 années (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref.
59153): Moderate to high vulnerability (52 of 100).
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Vulnérabilité climatique (Ref.
125649): Low vulnerability (25 of 100).
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Nutriments (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 11.9 [1.5, 91.3] mg/100g; Iron = 0.406 [0.045, 4.148] mg/100g; Protein = 18.6 [14.7, 21.8] %; Omega3 = 0.241 [0.056, 0.944] g/100g; Selenium = 15.6 [2.2, 94.8] μg/100g; VitaminA = 8.63 [0.60, 110.13] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.201 [0.021, 2.552] mg/100g (wet weight);