Lophiomus setigerus

Lophiomus setigerus
Conservation status
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Lophiiformes
Family: Lophiidae
Genus: Lophiomus
T. N. Gill, 1883
Species: L. setigerus
Binomial name
Lophiomus setigerus
Vahl, 1797

Lophiomus setigerus, the Blackmouth angler, is a species of goosefish found in the Indian and western Pacific Oceans where it occurs at depths of from 30 to 800 metres (98 to 2,625 ft). This species grows to a length of 40 centimetres (16 in) TL. This species is commercially harvested for human consumption.

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