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Lophius litulon
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Teleostei (teleosts) > Lophiiformes (Anglerfishes) > Lophiidae (Goosefishes)
Etymology: Lophius: Greek, lophos = crest (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Jordan.
Etymology: Lophius: Greek, lophos = crest (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Jordan.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 25 - 560 m (Ref. 11230). Deep-water
Distribution Territories | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri
Northwest Pacific: Japan, Korea, and the Yellow and East China seas.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm 52.7, range 39 - 63 cm
Max length : 150 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 559); max. published weight: 3.5 kg (Ref. 124479)
Max length : 150 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 559); max. published weight: 3.5 kg (Ref. 124479)
Found in sandy mud bottom (Ref. 11230). A carnivore (Ref. 9137). Mainly feed on fish, euphausiids, sagittoids and shrimps (Ref. 53326). Used in Chinese medicine (Ref. 12166). Consumed as food, liver considered as delicacy in Japan (Ref. 47220).
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Main reference
Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Ho, Hsuan-Ching | Collaborators
Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984. The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text). (Ref. 559)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 12 August 2019
CITES
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
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Population dynamics
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Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Recruitment
Abundance
Growth parameters
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Recruitment
Abundance
Anatomy
Gill area
Brain
Otolith
Gill area
Brain
Otolith
Physiology
Body composition
Nutrients
Oxygen consumption
Swimming type
Swimming speed
Visual pigments
Fish sound
Diseases & Parasites
Toxicity (LC50s)
Body composition
Nutrients
Oxygen consumption
Swimming type
Swimming speed
Visual pigments
Fish sound
Diseases & Parasites
Toxicity (LC50s)
Genetics
Genome
Genetics
Heterozygosity
Heritability
Genetic Diversity
Genome
Genetics
Heterozygosity
Heritability
Genetic Diversity
Human related
Aquaculture systems
Aquaculture profiles
Strains
Ciguatera cases
Stamps, coins, misc.
Aquaculture systems
Aquaculture profiles
Strains
Ciguatera cases
Stamps, coins, misc.
Tools
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Internet sources
AFORO (otoliths) | Aquatic Commons | BHL | Cloffa | Websites from users | Check FishWatcher | CISTI | Catalog of Fishes: genus, species | DiscoverLife | ECOTOX | FAO - Publication: search | Faunafri | Fishipedia | Fishtrace | GloBI | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | IGFA World Record | National databases | OneZoom | Open Tree of Life | Otolith Atlas of Taiwan Fishes | PubMed | Reef Life Survey | Socotra Atlas | TreeBase | Tree of Life | Wikipedia: Go, Search | World Records Freshwater Fishing | Zoological Record
Estimates based on models
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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5078 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
| Bayesian length-weight | a=0.01413 (0.00989 - 0.02017), b=3.01 (2.91 - 3.11), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245). |
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Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
4.1 ±0.70 se; based on food items. |
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Resilience (Ref. 120179) |
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (tm=6.2; Fec=310,000 (batch fecundity)). |
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Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Very high vulnerability (78 of 100). 🛈 |
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Price category (Ref. 80766) |
Low. |