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Lophius piscatorius Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em>

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Lophiiformes
family
Lophiidae
genus
Lophius
species
Lophius piscatorius

Name

Synonyms
Batrachus eurypterus (Düben, 1845)
Batrachus piscator (Linnaeus, 1758)
Batrachus piscatorius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lophius aculeatus Walbaum, 1792
Lophius digitatus Bonnaterre
Lophius europaeus Shaw, 1804
Lophius eurypterus Düben, 1845
Lophius fergusonis Walbaum
Lophius gadicensis Cabrera, Pérez & Haenseler, 1817
Homonyms
Lophius piscatorius Linnaeus, 1758
Common names
Almindelig Havtaske in Danish
Almindelig havtaske in Danish
An láimhíneach in language.
An láimhíneach in Irish
Angler in German
Angler in English
Angler in English
Angler in English
Angler in English
Angler fish in English
Angler fish in English
Angler(=Monk) in English
Anglerfish in English
Anglerfish in Portuguese
Anglerfish in English
Anglerfish in English
Anko in Japanese
Baudroie in French
Baudroie in Arabic
Baudroie in French
Baudroie commune in French
Baudroie commune in French
Bordrò in Italian
Bredflab in Danish
Bredflab in Danish
Bredflab in Danish
Breiflabb in Norwegian
Breiflabb in Norwegian
Budegassa in Italian
Budeghi in Italian
Budego in Italian
Budicu in Corsican
Chitane delbhar in Arabic
Coda di rospo in Italian
Crapa in Arabic
Crapeaud in Arabic
Cythraul y môr in Welsh
Diabo-marinho in Portuguese
Diavolo de mar in Italian
Euroopa merikurat in Estonian
Europæisk havtaske in Danish
Fener in Turkish
Fener baligi in Turkish
Fener baligi in Turkish
Fener balığı in Turkish
Frog fish in language.
Froschfisch in German
Galanga in Italian
Gianello in Italian
Giudo in Italian

Bibliographic References

  1. Eschmeyer & Fricke (eds.) (1899-12-31 23:00:00) Catalog of Fishes electronic version (15 January 2010).
  2. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2022). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2022.
  3. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2021). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (08/2021).
  4. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Direction 57 Addition to the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology (a) of the specific names of Forty-seven species belonging to the classes Cyclostomata, Pisces, Amphibia and Reptilia, each of which is the type species of a genus, the name of which was placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology in the period up to the end of 1936 and (B) of the specific name of one species of the class Amphibia which is currently treated as a senior Subjective synonym of the name of such a species.Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1D(D.18), 365-388 (1956)
  5. Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em>
  6. Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp.
  7. Nijssen, H. (2001)
  8. Shiino, Sueo M., 1976: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. 262.
  9. van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374
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