Lophiodes iwamotoi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lophioidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Lophiiformes Subordo: Lophioidei

Familia: Lophiidae
Genus: Lophiodes
Species: Lophiodes iwamotoi

Name

• Lophiodes iwamotoi H.-C. Ho, B. Serét & K.-T. Shao, 2011

Type locality: 19◦ 17·2'S, 151◦ 35·2'W, Savannah Seamount, 300 km south of Society Islands, 706–710 meters.

Etymology: Named for T. Iwamoto, senior curator of the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco

Primary references

• Records of anglerfishes (Lophiiformes: Lophiidae) from the western South Pacific Ocean, with descriptions of two new species. Journal of fish biology, 79(7): 1722–1745.

References

• Ho, H.-C.; Chen, W.-J. 2013: DNA sequences and morphological variation in Lophiodes iwamotoi Ho, Serét & Shao, 2011 based on new material from New Caledonia. Zootaxa 3682(4): 594–598. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3682.4.12 Reference page.