Lophius budegassa

Lophius budegassa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Lophiiformes
Family:	Lophiidae
Genus:	Lophius
Species:	L. budegassa
Binomial name
	Lophius budegassa; Spinola, 1807

Lophius budegassa (commonly known as Blackbellied angler) is a species of anglerfish in the Lophiidae family. It was described by Maximilian Spinola in 1807. The fish is found in a depth range of 300–1,013 metres (984–3,323 ft) in the eastern Ionian Sea while in the inshore waters of the United Kingdom it is found at a depth of 650 metres (2,130 ft). It is also found off the coast of Senegal and in Mediterranean Sea. The species can extend up to 100 centimetres (39 in) but is commonly half of that size.^[1]

References

↑ Caruso, J.H. (1990). J.C. Quero; J.C. Hureau; C. Karrer; A. Post; L. Saldanha, eds. "Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA)". 1. Lisbon SEI, Paris and UNESCO: JNICT: 479–480.

External links

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Lophius budegassa" in FishBase. April 2006 version.

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[1] Caruso, J.H. (1990). J.C. Quero; J.C. Hureau; C. Karrer; A. Post; L. Saldanha, eds. "Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA)". 1. Lisbon SEI, Paris and UNESCO: JNICT: 479–480.