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Lophius vaillanti
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Lophiiformes (Anglerfishes) > Lophiidae (Goosefishes)
Etymology: Lophius: Greek, lophos = crest (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Professor Léon Louis Vaillant (1834–1914) was a French herpetologist, ichthyologist and malacologist at the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, well known for his researches in East Indian ichthyology. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Regan.
Etymology: Lophius: Greek, lophos = crest (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Professor Léon Louis Vaillant (1834–1914) was a French herpetologist, ichthyologist and malacologist at the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, well known for his researches in East Indian ichthyology. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Regan.
Taxonomic Remarks
This species is synonym of Lophius piscatorius Linnaeus, 1758 according to Santos et al. (1997: Ref. 35204). The species page will be removed.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 200 - 1233 m (Ref. 2742). Deep-water; 17°N - 23°S, 26°W - 15°E
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Eastern Atlantic: Cape Verde to 5°S.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 80.3 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 118486); common length : 40.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2683)
Max length : 80.3 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 118486); common length : 40.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2683)
Inhabits upper slope waters. Feeds mainly on fishes (Ref. 2742).
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Main reference
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Caruso, J.H., 1990. Lophiidae. p. 479-480. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1. (Ref. 7400)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 09 October 2018
CITES
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
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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=0.01349 (0.00670 - 0.02715), b=3.02 (2.83 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245). |
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Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
4.5 ±0.80 se; based on food items. |
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Resilience (Ref. 120179) |
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
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Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
High vulnerability (55 of 100). 🛈 |
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Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649) |
Low vulnerability (25 of 100). 🛈 |
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Price category (Ref. 80766) |
Medium. |
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Nutrients (Ref. 124155) |
Calcium = 11.9 [1.5, 91.3] mg/100g; Iron = 0.406 [0.045, 4.148] mg/100g; Protein = 18.6 [14.7, 21.8] %; Omega3 = 0.241 [0.056, 0.944] g/100g; Selenium = 15.6 [2.2, 94.8] μg/100g; VitaminA = 8.63 [0.60, 110.13] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.201 [0.021, 2.552] mg/100g (wet weight); |