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Lophius

Actinopteri - Lophiiformes - Lophiidae

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) and Schwarzhans (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Lophius Linnaeus p. 236
1835Lophius Agassiz p. 43ff
1927Lophius Arambourg p. 2014
1983Otolithus (Lophius) Nolf and Steurbaut p. 160
2001Lophius Purdy et al. p. 165
2002Lophius Sepkoski
2006Lophius Schultz p. 429
2018Lophius Carnevale and Godfrey p. 173
2019Lophius Schwarzhans p. 170

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Osteoglossocephalai
RankNameAuthor
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Percomorphaceae
—Percomorpharia
orderLophiiformes
suborderLophioideiCuvier
familyLophiidaeCuvier
genusLophius

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
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:28:19
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:28:19
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Paleocene to the top of the Holocene or 66.00000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Belgium L. orpiensis (187031)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Italy L. brachysomus (94830)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) L. crenulatus (32915)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Belgium (Antwerpen) L. dolloi (52047)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Belgium L. dolloi (84513 89429 187032)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Belgium (Kruibeke) L. dolloi (67016)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Austria L. sp. (152565)
Late/Upper Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene11.608 - 2.588Belgium (Antwerpen) L. sp. (47465)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria L. budegassa (186582 186631)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria (Oran) L. budegassa (59256)
Opoitian5.333 - 3.6New Zealand L. onokensis (219270)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy L. budegassa (210256)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) L. americanus (52582)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy L. piscatorius (47428)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.806Italy L. budegassa (57058)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) L. sp. (57706 73485)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Maine) L. americanus (176524)