Lophiodes reticulatus
Reticulate Goosefish
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Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Lophiiformes (Anglerfish)
Lophiidae (Goosefishes)
Lophiodes
Lophiodes reticulatus (Reticulate Goosefish)
Description
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Characters
Body shape: short and / or deep. Esca with pennant-like flap, long cirri, and usually with dark stalked eye-like appendages; dorsal surface of head, body and pectoral fins with distinct reticular pattern; ventral surface light tan to white; ventral surface of pelvic fin darker distally (Ref. 13608).
Distribution
Western Atlantic: between 29°57'N and 7°18'N. Southern Florida (USA), Gulf of Mexico, Puerto Rico, western and southern Caribbean, Lesser Antilles to northern coast of South America (Ref. 26938).
Habitat Associations
Marine. bathydemersal. depth range 64-820 m.
Biology
Found in continental shelf waters. A voracious carnivore. (Ref. 26938).
Max length: 25.0 cm TL; common length: 15.0 cm TL.
Reproductive mode: dioecism; fertilization: external; nonguarders; parental care: none.
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2013-01-29. Resilience: High (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
References
Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen (1966) Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p.
Caruso, J.H. and R.D. Suttkus (1979) A new species of lophiid angler fish from the western North Atlantic. Bull. Mar. Sci. 29:491-496.
Cervigón, F., R. Cipriani, W. Fischer, L. Garibaldi, M. Hendrickx, A.J. Lemus, R. Márquez, J.M. Poutiers, G. Robaina and B. Rodriguez (1992) Fichas FAO de identificación de especies para los fines de la pesca. Guía de campo de las especies comerciales marinas y de aquas salobres de la costa septentrional de Sur América. FAO, Rome. 513 p. Preparado con el financiamento de la Comisión de Comunidades Europeas y de NORAD.
Caruso, J.H. (1981) The systematics and distribution of the lophiid anglerfishes. I. A revision of the genus Lophiodes with the description of two new species. Copeia 1981(3):522-549.
Uyeno, T., K. Matsuura and E. Fujii (eds.) (1983) Fishes trawled off Suriname and French Guiana. Japan Marine Fishery Resource Research Center, Tokyo, Japan. 519 p.
Caruso, J.H., S.W. Ross, K.J. Sulak and G.R. Sedberry (2007) Deep-water chaunacid and lophiid anglerfishes (Pisces:Lophiiformes) off the south-eastern United States. J. Fish Biol. 70(4):1015-1026.
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