Lophiiformes
- Dataset
- Marine fishes from Galicia (NW Spain): an updated checklist
- Rank
- ORDER
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Lophiiformes
Lophiiformes
ORDER LOPHIIFORMES
Family Lophiidae
Lophius budegassa Spinola, 1807 — Black-bellied anglerfish * Lophius piscatorius Linnaeus, 1758 — Anglerfish
Family Chaunacidae
Chaunax pictus Lowe, 1846 — Pink frogmouth Family Ceratiidae
Ceratias holboelli Krøyer, 1845 — Kroyer's deep sea anglerfish
One female of 560 mm TL (Figure 6) caught by the vessel “Ría de Cedeira” on 19th December 2006 at 676 m depth in the north of Galicia (“ As Paredes”: 44º 0 7 N – 08º 07’ W)
Family Linophrynidae
**Lynophryne coronata Parr, 1927 — Deep-sea anglerfish
Not mentioned for Galicia by Cohen in Whithead et al. (1986). Recorded from the Galicia Bank by Bañón et al., (2006): one female of 223 mm TL with an attached parasitic male of 29 mm TL (Figure 7), at 762– 764 m depth.
Name
- Homonyms
- Lophiiformes