Lophiiformes

Also known as anglerfish order, angler, anglerfish, anglerfishes

The anglerfish are ray-finned fish in the order Lophiiformes (). Both the order's common and scientific name comes from the characteristic mode of predation, in which a modified dorsal fin ray acts as a lure for prey (akin to a human angler, and likened to a crest or "lophos"). The modified fin ray, with the very tip being the esca and the length of the structure the illicium, is adapted to attract specific prey items across the families of anglerfish by using different luring methods.

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Lophiiformes is an order of marine fish within the class Teleostei and phylum Chordata. The taxon, also referred to as Lophioidei, has an accepted status in biological classification. Its common name is marulkartade fiskar. The group originated approximately 130 million years ago.

Records for this order are held by institutions including UF, USNM, TCWC, NMV, and CAS. These records document occurrences in the United States, Peru, New Caledonia, and Bermuda. A total of 239,988 occurrences have been logged, while 134 specific records are associated with the listed institutions.

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Species

marulkartade fiskar

Lophiiformes

ORDER

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassTeleostei
OrderLophiiformes

Habitatmarine

Observations recorded239,988

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records: 134
Collections: UF, USNM, TCWC, NMV, CAS
Recorded in: United States, Peru, New Caledonia, Bermuda

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Taxonomy
Classification
Evolution
Anatomy
Esca and illicium
Behavior
Predation
Movement and energy conservation
Reproduction
Relation to humans
Classical interpretation
As food
Captivity
References
Further reading
External links

Anglerfish occur worldwide. The majority are bottom-dwellers, being demersal fish, while the aberrant deep-sea anglerfish are pelagic, (mostly) living high in the water column. Some live in the deep sea (such as the deep-sea anglerfish and sea toads), while others live in shallower waters, such as the frogfishes and some batfishes.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lophiiformes” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.