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Class: Teleostei
Order: Lophiiformes
Family: Lophiidae Goosefishes

Genus: Lophiodes

(See list of species below)



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18 species
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Lophiodes beroe Northwest Atlantic. 40 SL 1981
Lophiodes bruchius Eastern Central Pacific 16.4 TL 1981
Lophiodes caulinaris Spottedtail angler Eastern Pacific 40 TL 1899
Lophiodes endoi Anglerfish Western Pacific 38 SL 2008
Lophiodes fimbriatus Northwest Pacific 7.5 SL 1985
Lophiodes gracilimanus Indo-West Pacific 16.5 TL 1899
Lophiodes insidiator Natal angler Western Indian Ocean 30 TL 1921
Lophiodes iwamotoi Long-spine anglerfish Pacific Ocean 22.6 SL 2011
Lophiodes kempi Longspine African angler Eastern Atlantic 40 TL 1935
Lophiodes lugubris Indo-West Pacific 21.4 SL 1894
Lophiodes maculatus Spotted anglerfish Eastern Pacific 14.1 SL 2011
Lophiodes miacanthus Pacific Ocean 15 SL 1905
Lophiodes monodi Western Central Atlantic 52 TL 1971
Lophiodes mutilus Smooth angler Indo-Pacific 45 TL 1894
Lophiodes naresi Goosefish Western Pacific 20 TL 1880
Lophiodes reticulatus Reticulated goosefish Western Atlantic 25 TL 1979
Lophiodes spilurus Threadfin angler Eastern Pacific 30 TL 1899
Lophiodes triradiatus Shortspine goosefish Indo-West Pacific 40.4 SL 1909



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