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Lophius vomerinus Valenciennes, 1837

Devil anglerfish
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> Lophiiformes (Anglerfishes) > Lophiidae (Goosefishes)
Etymology: Lophius: Greek, lophos = crest (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Valenciennes.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ekologi

marina djupbottenlevande; djupintervall 150 - 400 m (Ref. 27121).   Deep-water; 25°N - 37°S, 12°E - 99°E (Ref. 54569)

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Southeast Atlantic: Namibia (Ref. 5846), off South Africa (Ref. 4108).

Length at first maturity / Size / Vikt / Age

Maturity: Lm ?, range 40 - ? cm
Max length : 100.0 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 4108); common length : 50.0 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 3427); rapporterad maxålder: 11 år (Ref. 36279)

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Found on the deeper continental shelf and upper slope (Ref. 27121). Feeds mainly on bottom-living fishes (Ref. 27121, 27637) often on pilchard, round herring and horse mackerel (Ref. 36731). Minimum depth reported from Ref. 5213.

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Main reference Upload your references | referenser | Koordinator : Ho, Hsuan-Ching | Medarbetare

Caruso, J.H., 1986. Lophiidae. p. 363-366. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 4108)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Near Threatened (NT) ; Date assessed: 28 January 2009

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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Fiskeri: kommersiell
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 8.9 - 14.8, mean 10.2 (based on 33 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5078   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01096 (0.00664 - 0.01810), b=2.98 (2.83 - 3.13), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trofisk nivå (Ref. 69278):  4.5   ±0.70 se; based on food items.
Resiliens (Ref. 120179):  Låg, lägsta populationsfördubblingstid 4,5-14 år (K=0.04-0.08; tm=4; tmax=11).
Prior r = 0.41, 95% CL = 0.27 - 0.61, Based on 2 full stock assessments.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  High vulnerability (60 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  Moderate vulnerability (36 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Low.