Lophius piscatorius Linnaeus 1758

• Main Authors: 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
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2022
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Elasmobranchii; Lophiiformes; Lophiidae; Lophius; Lophius piscatorius; Barents Sea; Sullivan; Bruyne; Iceland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12713370; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/C63F87BAE3E73FBB762DD891EAF9F962

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 . 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