Lophiodes

Lophiodes
Lophiodes miacanthus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Lophiiformes
Family: Lophiidae
Genus: Lophiodes
Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896
Type species
Lophius mutilus
Alcock, 1894
Synonyms

Chirolophius Regan, 1903
Pyrenophorus Le Danois, 1975

Lophiodes is a genus of goosefishes. It is one of five genera in the family Lophiidae.

Species

There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus:

References

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  1. Ho, H.-C. & Shao, K.-T. (2008). "A new species of anglerfish (Lophiidae: Lophiodes) from the western Pacific" (PDF). Ichthyological Research, 55: 367–373.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Ho, H.-C., 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.
  3. Ho, H.-C., Bineesh, K.K. & Akhilesh, K.V. (2014): Rediscovery of Lophiodes triradiatus (Lloyd, 1909), a senior synonym of L. infrabrunneus Smith and Radcliffe (Lophiiformes: Lophiidae). Zootaxa, 3786 (5): 587–592.