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Lophodolos
Sign in to saveLophodolos is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Oneirodidae, the dreamers, a family of deep sea anglerfishes. These predatory, deep-sea fishes are found in the tropical and subtropical oceans around the world.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Lophodolos is referenced by 3 other articles, and connects out to fin, Lophiiformes and order.
It is catalogued under topics including Marine fish genera, Oneirodidae and Taxa named by Richard E. Lloyd.
Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderLophiiformes
- FamilyOneirodidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 7
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Oneirodidae
- Collections
- NHMUK, CAS, FMNH
- Recorded in
- Bermuda
Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Oneirodidae
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- taxon name
- Lophodolos
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Etymology
- Species
- Characteristics
- Distribution and habitat
- References
Lophodolos is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Oneirodidae, the dreamers, a family of deep sea anglerfishes. These predatory, deep-sea fishes are found in the tropical and subtropical oceans around the world.
==Taxonomy== Lophodolos was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1909 by the Indian Medical Service military doctor and naturalist major Richard E. Lloyd, also of the University of Calcutta and the Marine Survey of India, when he described Lophodolos indicus. The type locality of L. indicus was given as southwest of Cape Comorin, off Travancore in India in the Laccadive Sea at 7°28'30"N, 76°26'30"E, from Investigator station 307 at a depth of . The 5th edition of Fishes of the World classifies this genus in the family Oneirodidae in the suborder Ceratioidei of the anglerfish order Lophiiformes. Lophodes has been described as the most derived genus within its family, and although it seems to have evolved from an ancestral form similar to Microlophichthys, it is now very specialised and is dissimilar to the other genera in its family.
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