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Lophodolos acanthognathus Regan, 1925

Whalehead dreamer
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Gibraltar country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Recorded from off Gibraltar to about 55°N (Ref. 10523).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/gi.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Bertelsen, E., 1986
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Rêveur fer-de-lance, Rêveur fer-de-lance, 棘颌冠鮟鱇, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Lophiiformes (Anglerfishes) > Oneirodidae (Dreamers)
Etymology: Lophodolos: Greek, 'lopho' or 'lophio' = mane, crest or tuft + Greek, 'dolos' = artifice, deceit or guile (describing a deceitful little fish that beguiles its prey with a baited illicium) (Ref. 86949).
  More on author: Regan.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 650 - 1500 m (Ref. 86949), usually 650 - ? m (Ref. 12204).   Deep-water

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