Boschma's Anglerfish, Lophichthys boschmai Boeseman 1964
Boschma's Anglerfish, Lophichthys boschmai. Source: Queensland Museum. License: All rights reserved
Boschma's Anglerfish, Lophichthys boschmai Boeseman 1964
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Distribution |
Northwest Shelf, NNW of Port Hedland, Western Australia, to Finke Bay, Northern Territory. Found elsewhere in the tropical, East-Indo-West Pacific. |
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Species Citation |
Lophichthys boschmai Boeseman, 1964, Zool. Med. 39: 13, pls 1(figs 1-3), 2(fig. 1).Type locality: Arafura Sea near Merauke, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2025 |
Boschma's Anglerfish, Lophichthys boschmai Boeseman 1964
References
Allen, G.R., N.J. Cross, D.J. Bray & D.F. Hoese 2006. Antennariidae. pp. 637-646 in Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp.
Boeseman, M. 1964. Notes on the fishes of western New Guinea II. Lophichthys boschmai, a new genus and species from the Arafoera Sea. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 39: 12-18 pls 1-2
Ho, H. 2020. Lophichthys boschmai. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T140199933A140322616. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T140199933A140322616.en. Accessed on 10 December 2025.
Pietsch, T.W. 1999. Families Antennariidae, Tetrabrachiidae, Lophichthyidae. pp. 2013-2019 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 1397-2068 pp.
Pietsch, T.W. 2006. Lophichthyidae. Lophichthys boschmai. Arafura frogfish. The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/. Version 17 April 2006. http://tolweb.org/Lophichthyidae/22059 [(under construction).]