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Lophiidae
Taxonomy
Lophiidae was named by Cuvier. It is extant.
It was assigned to Pediculati by Jordan (1963); to Lophioidei by Schultz (2006), Fierstine et al. (2012), Betancur et al. (2013), Bannikov (2014); and to Lophiiformes by Purdy et al. (2001), Pietsch and Carnevale (2011), Carnevale et al. (2014), Nelson et al. (2016), Carnevale and Godfrey (2018), Cicimurri et al. (2025).
It was assigned to Pediculati by Jordan (1963); to Lophioidei by Schultz (2006), Fierstine et al. (2012), Betancur et al. (2013), Bannikov (2014); and to Lophiiformes by Purdy et al. (2001), Pietsch and Carnevale (2011), Carnevale et al. (2014), Nelson et al. (2016), Carnevale and Godfrey (2018), Cicimurri et al. (2025).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1963 | Lophiidae Jordan p. 742 |
| 2001 | Lophiidae Purdy et al. p. 165 |
| 2006 | Lophiidae Schultz p. 428 |
| 2011 | Lophiidae Pietsch and Carnevale p. 64 |
| 2012 | Lophiidae Fierstine et al. p. 78 |
| 2013 | Lophiidae Betancur et al. |
| 2014 | Lophiidae Bannikov p. 26 |
| 2014 | Lophiidae Carnevale et al. p. 42 |
| 2016 | Lophiidae Nelson et al. p. 508 |
| 2018 | Lophiidae Carnevale and Godfrey p. 173 |
| 2025 | Lophiidae Cicimurri et al. p. 98 |
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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.
Fm. Lophiidae Cuvier
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G. †Emmachaere Jordan and Gilbert 1919
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†Emmachaere rhomalea Jordan 1921
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Invalid names: Emmachaere rhachites Jordan and Gilbert 1919 [synonym]
G. Lophiomus Gill 1893
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
G. Sladenia Regan 1908
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Paleocene to the top of the Holocene or 66.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma
Collections (27 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Paleocene | Belgium | Lophius orpiensis (187031) | |
| Ypresian | Italy | Sharfia mirabilis, Caruso brachysomus, Lophius brachysomus (94830) | |
| Bartonian | Russian Federation (Krasnodar) | Eosladenia caucasica (187028) | |
| Bartonian | United Kingdom (England) | Lophius crenulatus (32915) | |
| Rupelian | Belgium | Lophius dolloi (84513 89429 187032) | |
| Rupelian | Belgium (Antwerpen) | Lophius dolloi (52047) | |
| Rupelian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Lophius sp. (68021) | |
| Chattian | USA (Mississippi) | Lophiidae indet. (133111) | |
| Altonian | New Zealand (North Shore) | Lophiodes hoi (219525) | |
| Middle Miocene | Belgium (Kruibeke) | Lophius dolloi (67016) | |
| Badenian | Austria | Lophius sp. (152565) | |
| Tortonian | Belgium | Lophiidae indet. (217346) | |
| Tortonian | USA (California) | Epinephelus rhomalea, Emmachaere rhachites (45489) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene | Belgium (Antwerpen) | Lophius sp. (47465) | |
| Messinian | Algeria | Lophius budegassa (186582 186631) | |
| Messinian | Algeria (Oran) | Lophius budegassa (59256) | |
| Opoitian | New Zealand | Lophius onokensis (219270) | |
| Zanclean | Italy | Lophius budegassa (210256) | |
| Zanclean | USA (North Carolina) | Lophius americanus (52582) | |
| Piacenzian | Italy | Lophius piscatorius (47428) | |
| Piacenzian - Gelasian | Italy | Lophius budegassa (57058) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | Lophius sp. (57706 73485) | |
| Holocene | USA (Maine) | Lophius americanus (176524) |