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Lophiiformes (anglerfish)
Taxonomy
Lophiiformes is an order. It is extant.
It was assigned to Osteichthyes by Purdy et al. (2001) and Sepkoski (2002); to Percomorpharia by Betancur et al. (2013); to Paracanthopterygii by Constantin (1999), Nelson (2006), Long (2011) and Bannikov (2014); to Ovalentaria by Nelson et al. (2016); and to Teleostei by Carnevale et al. (2008), Carnevale and Pietsch (2009), Carnevale and Pietsch (2010), Fierstine et al. (2012) and Carnevale and Godfrey (2018).
It was assigned to Osteichthyes by Purdy et al. (2001) and Sepkoski (2002); to Percomorpharia by Betancur et al. (2013); to Paracanthopterygii by Constantin (1999), Nelson (2006), Long (2011) and Bannikov (2014); to Ovalentaria by Nelson et al. (2016); and to Teleostei by Carnevale et al. (2008), Carnevale and Pietsch (2009), Carnevale and Pietsch (2010), Fierstine et al. (2012) and Carnevale and Godfrey (2018).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1999 | Lophiiformes Constantin |
2001 | Lophiiformes Purdy et al. p. 165 |
2002 | Lophiiformes Sepkoski |
2006 | Lophiiformes Nelson |
2008 | Lophiiformes Carnevale et al. |
2009 | Lophiiformes Carnevale and Pietsch |
2010 | Lophiiformes Carnevale and Pietsch p. 625 |
2011 | Lophiiformes Long p. 243 |
2012 | Lophiiformes Fierstine et al. p. 78 |
2013 | Lophiiformes Betancur et al. |
2014 | Lophiiformes Bannikov p. 26 |
2016 | Lophiiformes Nelson et al. p. 508 |
2018 | Lophiiformes Carnevale and Godfrey p. 171 |
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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.
Or. Lophiiformes [anglerfish]
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Subor. Antennarioidei
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Fm. Antennariidae
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G. Antennarius Lacépède 1798
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†Antennarius excavatus Stinton 1978
†Antennarius monodi Carnevale and Pietsch 2006
Invalid names: Onchocephalidae Regan 1912 [empty], Tetrabranchidae [empty]
Fm. Brachionichthyidae Gill 1878
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G. Brachionichthys Bleeker 1855
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Brachionichthys australis Last et al. 2007
Brachionichthys hirsutus Lacepède 1804
G. †Histionotophorus Eastman 1904
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†Histionotophorus bassani De Zigno 1887
Invalid names: Histiocephalus De Zigno 1887 [replaced]
G. Sympterichthys Gill 1878
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Sympterichthys politus Richardson 1844
Sympterichthys unipennis Cuvier 1817
Sympterichthys verrucosus Carnevale and Pietsch 2010
Subor. Ceratioidei
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Invalid names: Ceratiidae [empty], Gigantactinidae [empty], Himantolophidae [empty], Melanocetidae [empty]
Fm. Linophrynidae
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Subor. Lophioidei Cuvier
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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
Subor. Ogcocephaloidei
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Fm. Ogcocephalidae
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G. Dibranchus Peters 1876
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Dibranchus geniculatus Schwarzhans 1980
†Dibranchus kakahoensis Schwarzhans 2019
G. Halieutaea Valenciennes 1837
G. †Ogcocephalidarum Schuber 1906
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†Ogcocephalidarum balcombiensis Schwarzhans 1985
†Ogcocephalidarum unicus Bassoli 1906
G. Ogcocephalus Fischer 1813
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†Ogcocephalus cirrhosus Stinton 1978
†Ogcocephalus dudensis Ciobanu 1977
Invalid names: Caulophrynidae [empty], Centrophrynidae [empty], Diceratiidae [empty], Lophichthyidae [empty], Neoceratiidae [empty], Tetrabrachiidae [empty], Thaumatichthyidae [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 |
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 (47 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Paleocene | Belgium | Lophius orpiensis (187031) | |
Ypresian | Italy | Histionotophorus bassani, Orrichthys longimanus, Sharfia mirabilis, Caruso brachysomus, Eophryne barbutii, Histionotophorus bassanii, Tarkus squirei, Lophius brachysomus, Neilpeartia ceratoi (94830) | |
Mangaorapan - Heretaungan | New Zealand (South Island) | Antennarius geniculatus (219501) | |
Lutetian | Germany (Lower Saxony,) | Chaunax sp., Halieutaea cirrhosa, Chaunax excavatus (188954) | |
Bortonian | New Zealand | Dibranchus kakahoensis (219510 219511) | |
Bortonian | New Zealand (South Island) | Antennarius geniculatus (219504) | |
Bartonian | United Kingdom (England) | Lophius crenulatus (32915) | |
Bartonian | Russian Federation (Krasnodar) | Eosladenia caucasica (187028) | |
Kaiatan | New Zealand (South Island) | Antennarius geniculatus (219333) | |
Rupelian | Belgium | Lophius dolloi (84513 89429 187032) | |
Rupelian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Lophius sp. (68021) | |
Rupelian | Belgium (Antwerpen) | Lophius dolloi (52047) | |
Rupelian | Romania | Ogcocephalus dudensis (113962) | |
Waitakian | New Zealand (South Island) | Chaunax bucculentus (219319 219580) | |
Aquitanian | France | Chaunax sp. (219195) | |
Miocene | USA (California) | Acentrophryne sp. (135814) | |
Burdigalian | France | Chaunax sp. (219196) | |
Altonian | New Zealand (North Shore) | Lophiodes hoi (219525) | |
Langhian | Australia (Victoria) | Ogcocephalidarum balcombiensis (219137) | |
Middle Miocene | Belgium (Kruibeke) | Lophius dolloi (67016) | |
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene | Russian Federation | Oneirodes sp. (185386) | |
Badenian | Austria | Lophius sp. (152565) | |
Clarendonian | USA (California) | Acentrophryne longidens (94831) | |
Tortonian | Italy | Chaunax lobatus (70491) Chaunax lobatus, Ogcocephalidarum unicus (178120) | |
Tortonian | USA (California) | Chaenophryne melanorhabdus, Leptacanthichthys gracilispinis, Oneirodes sp., Borophryne apogon, Linophryne indica (135888) Epinephelus rhomalea, Emmachaere rhachites (45489) | |
Tortonian | Belgium | Lophiidae indet. (217346) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Italy (Cuneo) | Lophiiformes indet. (175903) | |
Late/Upper Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene | Belgium (Antwerpen) | Lophius sp. (47465) | |
Messinian | Italy | Lophiiformes indet. (220504 220507) | |
Messinian | Algeria | Lophius budegassa (186582 186631) | |
Messinian | Algeria (Oran) | Antennarius monodi, 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) |