Lophius vomerinus

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• Description
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• Notes

Overview

27637) often on pilchard, round herring and horse mackerel (Ref. 36731). Minimum depth reported from Ref. 5213.

Near Threatened

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -5,744 meters (0 to -18,845 feet).[2]

Ecology: Lophius vomerinus is found on muddy substrates on the deep continental shelf, upper slopes , and subtidal zone. It feeds on small fish, including Cape Hake (Merluccius capensis) and Herring (Etrumeus whiteheadi). It ranges from depths of 150 m to around 400 m.

Lophius vomerinus is a long-lived, slow-growing species with a life span in excess of 10 years in Namibia (Maartens et al. 1999).

Spawning occurs in September in the South African subpopulation (Walmsley et al. 2005).

Distribution data indicate that individuals move into deeper water as they grow, and on the south coast of South Africa, this offshore migration is also accompanied by an eastward migration (Walmsley et al. 2005).[3].

List of Habitats :

•     9     Marine Neritic   
  
•     9.1     Marine Neritic - Pelagic   
  
•     9.6     Marine Neritic - Subtidal Muddy   
  
•     11     Marine Deep Benthic   
  
•     11.1     Marine Deep Benthic - Continental Slope/Bathyl Zone (200-4,000m)   
  
•     11.1.2     Soft Substrate   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Lophius upsicephalus • Lophius upsicephalus Smith

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: In Cuvier & Valenciennes[4].

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 22-Jan-1997

Similar Species

Members of the genus Lophius

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 22 species and subspecies in this genus:

L. aculeatus (Pancake Batfish) · L. americanus (American Goosefish) · L. budegassa (Blackbarred Squirrelfish) · L. cocinsinensis (Commerson's Frogfish) · L. commersonii (Polka-Dot Batfish) · L. dubius (Blotchtail Toadfish) · L. gastrophysus (Blackfin Goosefish) · L. gracilimanus (Malabar Monkfish) · L. hirsutus (Spotted Handfish) · L. hispidus (Shaggy Anglerfish) · L. litulon (Yellow Goosefish) · L. lugubris (Ceylonese Monkfish) · L. monopterygius (Short-Tail Electric Ray) · L. mutilus (Smooth Angler) · L. naresi (Challenger Monkfish) · L. pictus (Painted Frogfish) · L. piscatorius (Angler) · L. radiatus (Polka-Dot Batfish) · L. stellatus (Stellate Seabat) · L. vaillanti (Shortspine African Anglerfish) · L. vespertilio (Ocellated Frogflsh) · L. vomerinus (Cape Monk)

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Further Reading

• ... The genera of fishes. .. A contribution to the stability of scientific nomenclature. By David Starr Jordan. Stanford University, Calif., The University, 1917-1920. url p. 345.
• Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum / by Albert Gu?nther. .. [Tokyo?]: Kagaku Kisho Hakkokai, Sho?wa 13 [1938]. url p. 181.
• Marine investigations in South Africa / Cape of Good Hope Dept. of Agriculture. Cape Town: W.A. Richards & Sons, [1900?- url p. 130, p. 130.
• The fishes of Great Britain and Ireland. London, Williams and Norgate, 1880-1884. url , p. 73.
• The fishes of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. .. by Dr. Max Weber. .. and Dr. L.F. de Beaufort. Leiden, E.J. Brill, Ltd., 1911- url p. 242.
• The genera of fishes. ..: A contribution to the stability of scientific nomenclature / By David Starr Jordan. Stanford University, Calif.: The University, 1917-1920. url p. 345.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
• Dooley, J., Matsuura, K., Collette, B., Nelson, J., Fritzsche, R. & Carpenter, K. 2010. Lophius vomerinus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 05, 2008:

• FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: iziko South African Museum - Fish Collection (AfrOBIS)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Marine and Coastal Management - Demersal Surveys (years 1983-1985) (AfrOBIS)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Marine and Coastal Management - Demersal Surveys (years 1986-1990) (AfrOBIS)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Marine and Coastal Management - Demersal Surveys (years 1991-1995) (AfrOBIS)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Marine and Coastal Management - Demersal Surveys (years 1996-2000) (AfrOBIS)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Marine and Coastal Management - Demersal Surveys (years 2001-2005) (AfrOBIS)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Marine and Coastal Management - Demersal Surveys (years 2006-) (AfrOBIS)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity - Fish Collection (AfrOBIS)
• Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie
• National Chemical Laboratory: IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3864177
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-33842
• Fishbase Species ID: 10256
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13551153
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 690539
• IUCN ID: 220367
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 115675

Footnotes

1. Bianchi, G., K.E. Carpenter, J.-P. Roux, F.J. Molloy, D. Boyer and H.J. Boyer (1993). FAO species identification field guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of Namibia. FAO, Rome. 250 p. [back]
2. Mean = -408.920 meters (-1,341.601 feet), Standard Deviation = 656.250 based on 4,959 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
3. Dooley, J., Matsuura, K., Collette, B., Nelson, J., Fritzsche, R. & Carpenter, K. 2010. Lophius vomerinus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. [back]
4. Eschmeyer, W.N. (1996). PISCES. The information in FishBase was derived by comparing FishBase with a preliminary version 2.0 of Eschmeyer's PISCES database, published on the Internet in November 1996, URL: gopher://gopher.calacademy.org:640/7. [back]

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