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Lophius
Taxonomy
Lophius was named by Linnaeus (1758) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 2]. It is extant. It is the type genus of Lophioidei.
It was reranked as Otolithus (Lophius) by Nolf and Steurbaut (1983).
It was assigned to Lophioidei by Agassiz (1835); to Otolithus by Nolf and Steurbaut (1983); to Lophiiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Lophiidae by Arambourg (1927), Purdy et al. (2001), Schultz (2006), Carnevale and Godfrey (2018), Schwarzhans (2019).
It was reranked as Otolithus (Lophius) by Nolf and Steurbaut (1983).
It was assigned to Lophioidei by Agassiz (1835); to Otolithus by Nolf and Steurbaut (1983); to Lophiiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Lophiidae by Arambourg (1927), Purdy et al. (2001), Schultz (2006), Carnevale and Godfrey (2018), Schwarzhans (2019).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1758 | Lophius Linnaeus p. 236 |
| 1835 | Lophius Agassiz p. 43ff |
| 1927 | Lophius Arambourg p. 2014 |
| 1983 | Otolithus (Lophius) Nolf and Steurbaut p. 160 |
| 2001 | Lophius Purdy et al. p. 165 |
| 2002 | Lophius Sepkoski |
| 2006 | Lophius Schultz p. 429 |
| 2018 | Lophius Carnevale and Godfrey p. 173 |
| 2019 | Lophius Schwarzhans p. 170 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Lophius Linnaeus 1758
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†Lophius alveolus Schwarzhans 2019
†Lophius americanus Valenciennes 1837
†Lophius brachysomus Agassiz 1835
†Lophius budegassa Spinola 1807
†Lophius dolloi Leriche 1908
†Lophius onokensis Schwarzhans 2019
†Lophius orpiensis Leriche 1906
†Lophius piscatorius Linnaeus 1758
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available