WoRMS taxon details
Lophiomus setigerus (Vahl, 1797)
217838 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217838)
accepted
Species
Chirolophius laticeps Ogilby, 1910 · unaccepted
Chirolophius malabaricus Samuel, 1963 · unaccepted
Laphiomus setigerus (Vahl, 1797) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Lophiomus longicephalus Tanaka, 1918 · unaccepted
Lophius indicus Alcock, 1889 · unaccepted
Lophius setigerus Vahl, 1797 · unaccepted
Lophius viviparus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Lophius setigerus Vahl, 1797) Vahl, M. (1797). Beskrivelse tvende nye arter af Bredflab-slaegten Lophius. <em>Skrivter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet Kiøbenhavn.</em> v. 4: 212-216, Pl. 3.
page(s): 215, Pl. 3 (figs. 5-6) [details]
page(s): 215, Pl. 3 (figs. 5-6) [details]
Description Found at depths ranging from 70-250 m. Feeds on fishes (Ref. 5213).
Description Found at depths ranging from 70-250 m. Feeds on fishes (Ref. 5213). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Lophiomus setigerus (Vahl, 1797). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217838 on 2025-04-18
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Lophius setigerus Vahl, 1797) Vahl, M. (1797). Beskrivelse tvende nye arter af Bredflab-slaegten Lophius. <em>Skrivter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet Kiøbenhavn.</em> v. 4: 212-216, Pl. 3.
page(s): 215, Pl. 3 (figs. 5-6) [details]
original description (of Lophius viviparus Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary
page(s): 142, Pl. 32 [details]
original description (of Lophiomus longicephalus Tanaka, 1918) Tanaka, S. (1918). Twelve new species of Japanese fishes. <em>Dobutsugaku Zasshi = Zoological Magazine Tokyo.</em> v. 30 (no. 356): 223-227. [In Japanese. English translation by K. Matsubara in files at Calif. Acad. Sciences. Tanaka translated title as "Twelve new species of fishes from Japan."]. [details]
original description (of Lophius indicus Alcock, 1889) Alcock, A. W. (1889). Natural history notes from H. M.'s Indian marine survey steamer `Investigator,' ... .--No. 12. Descriptions of some new and rare species of fishes from the Bay of Bengal, obtained during the season of 1888-89. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> v. 58 (pt 2, no. 3): 296-305, Pl. 22. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
page(s): 215, Pl. 3 (figs. 5-6) [details]
original description (of Lophius viviparus Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary
page(s): 142, Pl. 32 [details]
original description (of Lophiomus longicephalus Tanaka, 1918) Tanaka, S. (1918). Twelve new species of Japanese fishes. <em>Dobutsugaku Zasshi = Zoological Magazine Tokyo.</em> v. 30 (no. 356): 223-227. [In Japanese. English translation by K. Matsubara in files at Calif. Acad. Sciences. Tanaka translated title as "Twelve new species of fishes from Japan."]. [details]
original description (of Lophius indicus Alcock, 1889) Alcock, A. W. (1889). Natural history notes from H. M.'s Indian marine survey steamer `Investigator,' ... .--No. 12. Descriptions of some new and rare species of fishes from the Bay of Bengal, obtained during the season of 1888-89. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> v. 58 (pt 2, no. 3): 296-305, Pl. 22. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (HKRMS) Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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context source (HKRMS) Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Found at depths ranging from 70-250 m. Feeds on fishes (Ref. 5213). [details]Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
To Barcode of Life (19 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Lophius viviparus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Chirolophius laticeps Ogilby, 1910)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Lophius indicus Alcock, 1889)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (62 publications) (from synonym Lophius setigerus Vahl, 1797)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lophiomus setigerus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lophius indicus) (from synonym Lophius indicus Alcock, 1889)
To FishBase (from synonym Lophius setigerus Vahl, 1797)
To FishBase (from synonym Lophius indicus Alcock, 1889)
To FishBase (from synonym Lophius viviparus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Chirolophius malabaricus Samuel, 1963)
To FishBase (from synonym Laphiomus setigerus (Vahl, 1797))
To FishBase (from synonym Lophiomus longicephalus Tanaka, 1918)
To FishBase (from synonym Chirolophius laticeps Ogilby, 1910)
To FishBase images (Lophiomus setigerus, by CSIRO)
To GenBank (27 nucleotides; 21 proteins)
To GenBank (27 nucleotides; 21 proteins) (from synonym Lophius setigerus Vahl, 1797)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Lophius indicus Alcock, 1889)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Lophius viviparus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Chirolophius laticeps Ogilby, 1910)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Lophius indicus Alcock, 1889)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (62 publications) (from synonym Lophius setigerus Vahl, 1797)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lophiomus setigerus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lophius indicus) (from synonym Lophius indicus Alcock, 1889)
To FishBase (from synonym Lophius setigerus Vahl, 1797)
To FishBase (from synonym Lophius indicus Alcock, 1889)
To FishBase (from synonym Lophius viviparus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Chirolophius malabaricus Samuel, 1963)
To FishBase (from synonym Laphiomus setigerus (Vahl, 1797))
To FishBase (from synonym Lophiomus longicephalus Tanaka, 1918)
To FishBase (from synonym Chirolophius laticeps Ogilby, 1910)
To FishBase images (Lophiomus setigerus, by CSIRO)
To GenBank (27 nucleotides; 21 proteins)
To GenBank (27 nucleotides; 21 proteins) (from synonym Lophius setigerus Vahl, 1797)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Lophius indicus Alcock, 1889)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
