Lophiidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
FAMILY

Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Chordata: order
Lophiiformes: family
Lophiidae

Name

Homonyms: Lophiidae
Common names: Anglerfishes in English; Goosefishes in English; Havtaskefamilien in Danish; Monkfishes in English; anglerfishes in English; baudroies in French; goosefishes in English; goosefishes in English; monkfishes in English; rapes in Spanish; rapes pescadores in Spanish; zeeduivels in Dutch; Anglerfishes in English; breiflabbfamilien in Norwegian Bokmål; breiflabbfamilien in Nynorsk, Norwegian; marulksfiskar in Swedish; Seeteufel in German; breiflabbfamilien in Nynorsk, Norwegian; breiflabbfamilien in Norwegian Bokmål; goosefishes in English; marulkar in Swedish; marulkar in Swedish; アンコウ科 in Japanese

Bibliographic References

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FishBase
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Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. Zootaxa. 3882(1): 1-230.
WoRMS Editorial Board (2017) WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species
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