Author: Collett, 1886

Linophryne lucifera Collett, 1886

Diagnosis: females with illicial length 10 30% SL; esca with a conical distal projection carrying 2-8 short, stout filaments; a small appendage behind escal pore; barbel 40-75% SL, distal pair of compressed branches blade-shaped 6-17% SL; other characters in key. Males with, well-developed sphenotic spines.

Habitat, Food, Reproduction: see suborder.

Distribution: North Atlantic, off Madeira and large (? expatriate) specimens off Newfoundland, Iceland and in Irminger Sea.

Eggs, larvae and young stages. No data.
Otoliths (sagitta). No data.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Superclass Gnathostomata
Class Osteichthyes
Order Lophiiformes
Suborder Ceratioidei
Family Linophrynidae
Genus Linophryne
Species Linophryne lucifera

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Synonym of Linophryne lucifer Collett, 1886

Scientific synonyms and common names

Linophryne lucifera Collett, 1886

Synonyms:

Linophryne lucifer Collett, 1886, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond., 10: 138, pl. 15 ('Sea off Madeira, 36° N., 20° W.'). Holotype: ZMO no. J 5560.
Linophryne lucifera: Regan & Trewavas, 1932: 109.
Linophryne lucifer: Fowler, 1936: 1141, fig. 480 Albuquerque, 1954-1956: 1074, fig. 441 Krefft, 1963: 83 Wellershaus, 1963: 163, fig. 1-2 Bertelsen & Krefft, 1965: 293, fig. 1-4 (detailed description of 7 specimens, including holotype) Wheeler, 1969: 587.


Common names:

none

Albuquerque, R. M. 1954-1956. Peixes de Portugal e ilhas adjacentes. Chavas para a sua determinação. Port. Acta biol., ser. B, 5: xvi+1167 pp., 445 fig.

Bertelsen, E.; Krefft, G. 1965. On a rare ceratioid fish, Linophryne lucifer, Collett. Vidensk. Meddr dansk naturh. Foren., 128: 293-301, fig. 1-4.

Collett, R. 1886. On a new pediculate fish from the sea off Madeira. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond., 10: 138-142, pl. XV.

Fowler, H. W. 1936. The Marine Fishes of West Africa, based on the collection of the American Museum Congo Expedition 1909-1915. Bull. am. Mus. nat. Hist., 70 (1), Jan. 21, 1936: pp. vii+1-606, fig. 1-275; (2), Nov. 18, 1936: pp. 607-1493, fig. 276-567.

Krefft, G. 1963. Rare fish. Germany. Annls biol., Copenh., 1961[1963]18: pp. 82-83.

Regan, C. T.; Trewavas, E. 1932. Deep-sea anglerfishes (Ceratioidea). Dana Rep., (2):113 pp., 172 fig., 10 pl. (23 fig.).

Wellershaus, S. 1963. Über zwei Tiefseefische . . . Veröff. Inst. Meeresforsch. Bremerhaven, 8: 163-166.

Wheeler, A. 1969. The Fishes of the British Isles and North-West Europe. Macmillan, London, Melbourne and Toronto: pp. i-xvii+1-163, 5+177 fig., 392 fig. (princ. sp.), 92 n. num. fig., 16 pl., maps.

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