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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Lophiiformes
Family Lophiidae
Genus Lophiodes
Lophiodes naresi (Günther, 1880)

Provider:

Hsuan-Ching Ho

Synonyms：

Chirolophius crosnieri, Chirolophius insidiator, Chirolophius moseleyi, Chirolophius murrayi, Chirolophius phycoides, Lophiodes insidiator, Lophius naresi

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Character:

Body disk oval-shaped; head less than half of body length; skin smoothly and scaleless, with numerous large fleshy tendrils; lateral ridge of frontal bone smoothly; pseudobranch present; interorbital area strongly concave, forming deep U-shaped trough between eyes;humeral spine well developed, sharp and simple; illicium slender, devoid of tendrils, shorter than the second dorsal spine; esca with a fleshy pennant-like flap, long cirri, and a pair of dark, eye-like appendages; second and third dorsal spine long and with sever pair of darkly pigment tendril; post cephalic portions with three well-developed dorsal spine; all dorsal spines slender and bearing dark tendrils. Body uniform dusky to dark; ventral surface light; anal fin slightly darker distally; oval cavity lightly pigmented except for dark pitch on floor on mouth posterior.

Habitat:

Marine. Bathydemersal, found in the outer continental shelf and upper slope, usually in depth 150-500 m. First dorsal spine highly modified into a long rod with a lure at the end call illicium and esca, acts as a fishing lure to attract preys.

Distribution:

Distributed in west Indian and west Pacific Ocean from South Africa to northern Madagascar and Japan. It occurs in the Northeast Taiwan off Yilan.

Utility:

Large one as fresh sea food, mostly no commercial value.

Name Code:

383445

IUCN Red List:LC

Marine