Smooth Goosefish, Lophiodes mutilus (Alcock 1894)
Other Names: Smooth Angler
Smooth Goosefish, Lophiodes mutilus, ASIZP 63169. Source: Ho, Hsuan-Ching. License: All rights reserved
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Bray, D.J. 2025, Lophiodes mutilus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 23 May 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/2839
Smooth Goosefish, Lophiodes mutilus (Alcock 1894)
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Distribution |
Off Shark Bay, Western Australia, around the tropical north, to off Cape Everard, Victoria. Elsewhere in the species is widespread in the Indo-west Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Madagascar and Réunion, east to Vanuatu and Wallis and Futuna, north to southern Japan, south to New Caledonia. Bathydemersal on continental and insular slopes. |
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Etymology |
The specific name is from the Latin mutilus (= maimed, cut short). |
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Species Citation |
Lophius mutilus Alcock 1894, Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 62(2,4): 179. Type locality: Bay of Bengal [eastern Indian Ocean], 15°04'07"N, 80°25'07"E, Investigator station 137, depth 128 fathoms. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2025 |
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Smooth Goosefish, Lophiodes mutilus (Alcock 1894)
References
Alcock, A.W. 1894. Natural history notes from H.M. Indian Marine Survey Steamer Investigator, Commander C.F. Oldham, R.N., commanding. Series 2(9). An account of the deep sea collection made during the season of 1892–93. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 62(2,4): 177-184 pl. 9 https://biostor.org/reference/278132
Alcock, A.W. 1900. Illustrations of the zoology of the Royal Indian marine surveying steamer Investigator,...Fishes. Calcutta. Part 7: no p., Pls. 27-35. 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.
Caruso, J.H. 1999. Family Lophiidae. pp. 2004-2012 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 pp. 1397-2068.
Gomon, M.F. 2008. Family Lophiidae. pp. 362-363 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp.
Ho, H. 2020. Lophiodes mutilus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T135438492A136910138. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T135438492A136910138.en. Accessed on 27 February 2025.
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., B. Séret, 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.-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. & K.-T. Shao 2008. A new species of anglerfish (Lophiidae: Lophiodes) from the western Pacific. Ichthyological Research 55: 367–373
Larson, H. K., Williams, R.S. & Hammer, M.P. 2013. An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Northern Territory, Australia. Zootaxa 3696(1): 1-293. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3696.1.1
