FB-58770 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=58770 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Lophiiformes Caulophrynidae Robia Robia legula Pietsch, 1979 2002-02-24 2024-06-21 Pietsch, T.W.0 Himantolophidae. Footballfishes (deep-sea anglerfishes). p. 2029. In K.E. Carpenter and V.H. Niem (eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the WCP. Vol. 3. Batoid fishes, chimaeras and bony fishes part 1 (Elopidae to Linophrynidae). FAO, Rome. (Ref. 12944) Anonymous0 Fish collection database of the Intitut fur Seefischerei (ISH). BIOLAB Forschungsinstitut, Hohenwestedt, Germany. (Ref. 35509) Anderson, M.E. and R.W. Leslie0 Review of the deep-sea anglerfishes (Lophiiformes: Ceratioidei) of southern Africa. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology 70:30 p. (Ref. 40877) Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.)0 Catalog of fishes. Updated database version of December 2001. Catalog databases as made available to FishBase in December 2001. (Ref. 40966) Bertelsen, E. and G. Krefft0 The ceratioid family Himantolophidae (Pisces, Lophiiformes). Steenstrupia, Vol. 14(2), pp. 9-89. (Ref. 53724) Bogutskaya, N.G.0 Preliminary assignment of coordinates to type localities in the Catalog of Fishes. Unpublished dbf file. (Ref. 58018) Stewart, A.L. and T.W. Pietsch0 A new species of deep-sea anglerfish, genus <i>Himantolophus</i> (Lophiiformes: Himantolophidae) from the Western South Pacific, with comments on the validity of <i>H. pseudalbinares</i>. Zootaxa 2671:53-60. (Ref. 85522) Fricke, R., M. Kulbicki and L. Wantiez0 Checklist of the fishes of New Caledonia, and their distribution in the Southwest Pacific Ocean (Pisces). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A, Neue Serie 4:341-463. (Ref. 86942) Pietsch, T.W.0 Oceanic anglerfishes. Extraordinary diversity in the deep sea. Oceanic Anglerfishes, i-xii; 1-557pp. (Ref. 86949) FB-GeneralDescr-58776 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 2002-02-24 00:00:00 2022-01-31 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=58776 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#TrophicStrategy Males unknown (Ref. 40877). Minimum depth from Ref. 58018. Most recent record was from 29°25'S that was recovered from the stomach of a beached sperm whale (Ref. 85522). Anderson, M.E. and R.W. Leslie 2001 Review of the deep-sea anglerfishes (Lophiiformes: Ceratioidei) of southern Africa. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology 70:30 p. (Ref. 40877) FB-DiagnosticDescr-58776 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Roxanne Rei Valdestamon 2013-05-14 00:00:00 2013-06-17 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=58776 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Distinguishing characteristics of metamorphosed female: length of illicium 29-35% SL; each primary branch of distal escal appendage with posterior side branch situated near base; length of distal escal appendage increasing from 9% SL in 2.7 cm specimens to 54% SL in 5.2 cm specimen and 72% SL in 9 cm specimen; posterior side branch of distal escal appendage length increasing from 4.3% SL in 2.7 cm specimens to 30% SL in 5.2-9 cm specimens; distal escal appendage lacking small dermal spinules (Ref. 86949). Pietsch, T.W. 2009 Oceanic anglerfishes. Extraordinary diversity in the deep sea. Oceanic Anglerfishes, i-xii; 1-557pp. (Ref. 86949) FB-Morphology-58776 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Roxanne Rei Valdestamon 2013-05-14 00:00:00 2013-06-17 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=58776 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Dorsal soft rays (total): 5; Analsoft rays: 4 Pietsch, T.W. 2009 Oceanic anglerfishes. Extraordinary diversity in the deep sea. Oceanic Anglerfishes, i-xii; 1-557pp. (Ref. 86949) FB-Distribution-58776 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 2002-02-24 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=58776 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Western Indian Ocean: Natal, South Africa. Also known from the western and central Pacific and northwestern and central Atlantic. Anderson, M.E. and R.W. Leslie 2001 Review of the deep-sea anglerfishes (Lophiiformes: Ceratioidei) of southern Africa. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology 70:30 p. (Ref. 40877) FB-Size-58776 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 2002-02-24 00:00:00 2022-01-31 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=58776 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution 20.8 cm SL (female) Anderson, M.E. and R.W. Leslie 2001 Review of the deep-sea anglerfishes (Lophiiformes: Ceratioidei) of southern Africa. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology 70:30 p. (Ref. 40877) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-58776 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 2002-02-24 00:00:00 2022-01-31 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=58776 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size bathypelagic; marine; depth range 0 - 1900 m (Ref. 40877) Anderson, M.E. and R.W. Leslie 2001 Review of the deep-sea anglerfishes (Lophiiformes: Ceratioidei) of southern Africa. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology 70:30 p. (Ref. 40877)