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Teleostei (teleosts) > Lophiiformes (Anglerfishes) > Lophiidae (Goosefishes)
Etymology: Lophiodes: Greek, lophos = crest + Greek, suffix oides = similar to (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Garman.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 120 - 475 m (Ref. 9538). Tropical; 14°N - 5°S

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Eastern Pacific: California, USA (Ref. 9538) to Chile (Ref. 9068).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 30.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9538); common length : 20.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9538)

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Dorsal spines (total): 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7-8; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 6 - 7; Vertebrae: 19. Branchiostegal rays: 6 (Ref. 36490).

Adults are benthic on the continental shelf and the upper regions of the continental slope (Ref. 9538). Juveniles are pelagic (Ref. 9538). Oviparous, with planktonic larvae (Ref. 36490). Eggs are presumably contained in floating gelatinous rafts (Ref. 36490). Probably caught as a by-catch of trawl fishing (Ref. 9538).

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Oviparous (Ref. 36490).

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Caruso, J.H., 1995. Lophiidae. Rapes. p. 1227-1230. In W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) Guia FAO para Identification de Especies para lo Fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. 3 Vols. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 9538)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 22 May 2007

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 11.8 - 14.2, mean 13.5 °C (based on 9 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02291 (0.01286 - 0.04082), b=3.08 (2.91 - 3.25), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 4.0 ±0.66 se; based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (20 of 100).

Lophiodes spilurus (Garman, 1899)