Lophiodes

Genusaccepted · checked 2026-08-05WoRMS 205817ITIS 164503key worms:205817

2026-08-05: itis_id 164503 via WoRMS external link

Lophiodes is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Lophiidae, the goosefishes, monkfishes and anglers. It is one of four extant genera in the family Lophiidae.W CalCOFI holds 4 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1959 and 2000, across 2 taxa under it.R

4
observations: 4
records: 1959–2000
years: 1
datasets: 2
species under it

Photo · D. ROSS ROBERTSON, ARTURO ANGULO, CAROLE C. BALDWIN, DIANE PITASSY, AMY DRISKELL, LEE WEIGT, IGNACIO J.F. NAVARRO · CC BY 3.0 · commons

Observed in nothing keyed to it directly

Every observation under it belongs to one of the taxa under it — 2 taxa · Lophiodes caulinaris most observed, in the fold below.

Ways inExplorer db-query R Python This page as JSON

Code and endpoints R · Python · JSON

library(calcofi4r)
con <- cc_get_db()                      # the promoted release
tbl(con, "obs_bio") |> filter(taxon_key == "worms:205817")

Read from taxa.json of release v2026.10.19, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

How big is it not on record

Not on record: no authority the fetcher reads carries a length for this taxon (a genus page could show the range of its species).

Under it 2 taxa · Lophiodes caulinaris most observed

sp Lophiodes caulinaris Spottedtail goosefish2
sp Lophiodes spilurus Threadfin goosefish2

Lineage 12 ranks · Biota to Lophiidae

Credits silhouette · photo · text

Silhouette · T. Michael Keesey · Public Domain Mark · PhyloPic, drawn from Lophius piscatorius · source
Photo · D. ROSS ROBERTSON, ARTURO ANGULO, CAROLE C. BALDWIN, DIANE PITASSY, AMY DRISKELL, LEE WEIGT, IGNACIO J.F. NAVARRO · CC BY 3.0 · commons · source
Text · Wikipedia, “Lophiodes” · CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1354664192

Elsewhere Wikidata · iNaturalist · GBIF

Wikidata iNaturalist GBIF

The same organism on the services the faces were fetched from; the authorities' own pages are the ids in the head.

Cite the release, v2026.10.19

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