Blacklure Anglerfish, Lophiodes miacanthus (Gilbert 1905)

Illustration of holotype of Lophiodes miacanthus, USNM 51627. Source: Fig. 273, in Gilbert (1905) Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission 23(2): 577-713/ Biodiversity Heritage Library. License: CC by Attribution

Summary:

A deep brown goosefish with many irregular black patches, a dark pectoral fin (dorsally) with a pale margin, a deep brown illicium, second and third dorsal-fin spines, and a transparent esca. The underside is brownish-grey with a black peritoneum.

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Blacklure Anglerfish, Lophiodes miacanthus (Gilbert 1905)

More Info

Distribution	Muirfield Seamount, Cocos (Keeling) Islands territory. Elsewhere the species is widespread in the East-Indo-west-central Pacific: North Sumatra, Indonesia, to northeastern Taiwan, the Kyushu-Palau Ridge south of Japan, the Southern Emperor Seamounts, the Hawaiian Ridge and Islands, the Wallis and Futuna Islands and New Caledonia.
Etymology	The specific name miacanthus is from the Greek meion (= less, smaller, fewer) and akantha (= thorn, prickle, spine), in reference to the fewer and smaller spines of the post-cephalic portion of the spinous dorsal fin.
Species Citation	Lophiomus miacanthus Gilbert 1905, Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission 23(2): 69, Fig. 273. Type locality: Off northwestern coast of Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands, Albatross station 4117, depth 253-282 fathoms.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2022
Resources	Atlas of Living Australia Australian Faunal Directory Catalog of Fishes

Blacklure Anglerfish, Lophiodes miacanthus (Gilbert 1905)

References

Gilbert, C.H. 1905. II. The deep-sea fishes of the Hawaiian Islands. In: The aquatic resources of the Hawaiian Islands. Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission 23(2): 577-713, Pls. 66-101. See ref at BHL

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Ho, H.-C., Kawai, T., Wudianto & Satria, F. 2016. Records of anglerfishes (Actinopterygii: Lophiiformes: Lophiidae) from Indonesia. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 46(2): 77-85. https://doi.org/10.3750/AIP2016.46.2.03

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Ho, H.-C., Seret, B. & Shao, K.-T. 2011. Records of anglerfishes (Lophiiformes: Lophiidae) from the western South Pacific Ocean, with descriptions of two new species. Journal of Fish Biology 79(7): 1722-1745. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03106.x

Ho, H. 2020. Lophiodes miacanthus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T135438435A136910133. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T135438435A136910133.en. Accessed on 16 November 2022.