- Classification
- ACTINOPTERYGII
- LOPHIIFORMES
- LOPHIIDAE
- Lophiodes
- miacanthus
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 |
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
Caruso, J.H. 1981. The systematics and distribution of the lophiid anglerfishes: I. A revision of the genus Lophiodes with the description of two new species. Copeia 1981(3): 522-549 https://doi.org/10.2307/1444556
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
Ho, H.-C. & Shao, K.-T. 2007. Taxonomic review of Lophiidae (Pisces: Lophiiformes) in Taiwan. Journal of the National Taiwan Museum 60(1): 19-32.
Ho, H.-C. & Shao, K.-T. 2008. A new species of anglerfish (Lophiidae: Lophiodes) from the western Pacific. Ichthyological Research 55: 367-373 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10228-008-0057-y
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.