Lophiodes maculatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lophioidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Lophiiformes Subordo: Lophioidei

Familia: Lophiidae
Genus: Lophiodes
Species: Lophiodes maculatus

Name

• Lophiodes maculatus H.-C. Ho, B. Serét & K.-T. Shao, 2011

Type locality: 7◦53·6'S, 140◦42·2'W, Eiao, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia, 600 meters.

Etymology: The name maculatus is from the Latin macula, meaning spot, in reference to the black spots on the dorsal surface.

Primary references

• 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.