Lophius americanus, American angler : fisheries, gamefish

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Lophius americanus Valenciennes, 1837

American angler
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Common names from other countries

Baudroie d'Amérique, Rape americano, Удильщик американский (=морской черт американский), ... more

Classification / Names आम नाम | उपशब्द | Catalog of Fishes(वर्ग, प्रजाति) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Lophiiformes (Anglerfishes) > Lophiidae (Goosefishes)
Etymology: Lophius: Greek, lophos = crest (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Valenciennes.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / गहराई सीमा / distribution range पारिस्थितिकी

समुद्री ड़िमरसल; औशिनोड़िरोमस (Ref. 51243); गहराई सीमा 0 - 800 m (Ref. 27549). Temperate; 60°N - 28°N, 82°W - 43°W

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Western Atlantic: New Foundland and Labrador in Canada to northeastern Florida in USA, but uncommon in nearshore waters south of North Carolina, USA.

Length at first maturity / आकार / वज़न / Age

परिपक्व अवधि: Lm 46.5  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 120 cm TL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (Ref. 7251); common length : 90.0 cm TL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (Ref. 3787); अधिकतम प्रकाशित वज़न: 22.6 kg (Ref. 40637); अधिकतम सूचित उम्र: 30 वर्षो (Ref. 796)

जीवविज्ञान     शब्द संग्रह (उदाहरणार्थ epibenthic)

Inhabits continental shelf, occurring deeper in southern parts of range (Ref 7251); tolerating a wide range of temperature (0-21°C) (Ref. 5951).

Life cycle and mating behavior परिपक्व अवधि | पुनरुत्पत्ति | मछलीऔ का अंडे देना | अंडे | Fecundity | लार्वा

That testes seem to develop earlier and stay ripe longer suggest multiple spawning by males. Eggs are laid in long, ribbon-shaped veils (Ref. 4842).

Main reference Upload your references | संदर्भ | संयोजक : Ho, Hsuan-Ching | सहयोगीयो

Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

मात्स्यिकी: उच्च वाणिज्य; आखेट मत्स्य: हां
FAO - मात्स्यिकी: landings, species profile; Publication: search | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (संदर्भ 123201): 0.6 - 9.9, mean 5 °C (based on 189 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (संदर्भ 82804):  PD50 = 0.5078   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01380 (0.01038 - 0.01835), b=2.98 (2.90 - 3.06), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (संदर्भ 69278):  4.5   ±0.3 se; based on diet studies.
Generation time: 11.6 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 2 growth studies.
लौटाव (संदर्भ 120179):  निम्न, न्यूनतम जनसंख्या दुगनी होने का समय 4.5 - 14 वर्ष। (K=0.06-0.1; tmax=30; Fec=300,000).
Prior r = 0.08, 95% CL = 0.05 - 0.12, Based on 1 full stock assessment.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Very high vulnerability (77 of 100). 🛈
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  Moderate vulnerability (41 of 100). 🛈
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Low.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 17.5 [9.6, 30.9] mg/100g; Iron = 0.322 [0.195, 0.508] mg/100g; Protein = 20.6 [16.9, 23.2] %; Omega3 = 0.524 [0.201, 1.355] g/100g; Selenium = 16.1 [5.1, 55.8] μg/100g; VitaminA = 15.4 [5.1, 48.2] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.253 [0.127, 0.797] mg/100g (wet weight);