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Lophius piscatorius Linnaeus 1758

Description

Lophius piscatorius Linnaeus, 1758

Occurrence: questionable

Maximum length: 200 cm SL

Water type: marine

Environment: benthic

Depth range: 20-1000 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2019)

Source: preserved, observation

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from south-western Barents Sea to Strait of Gibraltar including the Mediterranean and Black seas. Reported from Iceland and Mauritania. Records for Gabon: USNM 215254-1963, UF 118524-1963, 118531-1963, 138905-163 with many other human observations are misidentification as L. vaillanti was considered as a synonym of L. piscatorius.

Notes

Published as part of Fermon, Yves, Bailly, Nicolas, Cardiec, Floriane, Causse, Romain, Chartrain, Emmanuel, Chirio, Laurent, Bruyne, Godefroy De, Deynat, Pascal, Hopkins, Carl D., Lamboj, Anton, Mennesson, Marion I., Beh, Jean-Hervé Mve, Paugy, Didier, Sidlauskas, Brian, Sullivan, John P., Weghe, Jean-Pierre Van De, Vigliotta, Thomas R. & Zee, Jouke Van Der, 2022, An annotated checklist of the fishes of Gabon, pp. 2-3 in Cybium 46 (2) on page 300, DOI: 10.26028/cybium/2022-462-3-001, http://zenodo.org/record/13153873

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