Commented checklist of marine fishes from the Galicia Bank seamount (NW Spain)
Author
Bañon, Rafael
Author
Arronte, Juan Carlos
Author
Rodriguez-Cabello, Cristina
Author
Piñeiro, Carmen-Gloria
Author
Punzon, Antonio
Author
Serrano, Alberto
text
Zootaxa
2016
4067
3
293
333
journal article
51152
10.11646/zootaxa.4067.3.2
3d180ea5-d34a-4291-8b4d-50171eaa279a
1175-5326
256670
50B7E074-F212-4193-BFB9-84A1D0A0E03C
Family
Lophiidae
Lophius piscatorius
Linnaeus, 1758
—Anglerfish
137 specimens
were caught at depths between 709 and
916 m
.
Length data were available for
41 specimens
ranging from
17 to 97 cm
TL (75.8±14.8) with males between 64 and
92 cm
(N=8) and females between 67 and
97 cm
(N=10). Habitat and Distribution: bathydemersal on sandy, muddy, gravelly and occasionally rocky bottoms, at depths from
20–2,600 m
. Eastern Atlantic, from
Iceland
and southwestern Barents Sea to
Mauritania
, including the Mediterranean and Black seas. Vulnerability: DD (IUCN), HHV (FishBase).