Endo's Anglerfish

Lophiodes endoi

Thirty Eight Centimeters Anglerfish from Australian Waters

Endo's Anglerfish is known from Western Pacific as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Anglerfishes
Family: Lophiidae
Genus: Lophiodes
Maximum length: 38 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: deep_bodied
Distribution: Western Pacific: off Japan, Taiwan and Australia. Collected from southeastern Japan (Okinawa trough, Tosa Bay, and Kyushu–Palau Ridge) at depth range 261–600 m. In Taiwanese waters this species is usually captured together with Lophiodes mutilus at depths of about 280–310 m, and some may range deeper. Specimens were collected from the Tasman Sea of southeastern Australia at depths of 300–750 m, and a series of photographs were taken of a specimen at a depth of 288 m at Greenwell Point, New South Wales, Australia, by an underwater vehicle (K. Aitken, personal communication, 20 March 2005). Two specimens were collected from the northwest shelf off Australia at depths of 492–520 m (Ref. 79601 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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