A New Species of the Ceratioid Anglerfish Genus Lasiognathus Regan (Lophiiformes: Oneirodidae) from the Northern Gulf of Mexico

Authors

Theodore W. Pietsch, University of Washington - Seattle
Tracey Sutton, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-2015

Publication Title

Copeia

Keywords

Females, Morphology

ISSN

0045-8511

Volume

103

Issue/No.

2

First Page

429

Last Page

432

Abstract

A new species of the deep-sea ceratioid anglerfish genus Lasiognathus Regan (family Oneirodidae) is described on the basis of three female specimens collected in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Not especially similar to any of the five previously described members of the genus, the new species is unique in having a cylindrical, internally pigmented, anterior escal appendage and a pair of elongate distal escal appendages. The new species is diagnosed and described, and a revised key to the species of the genus is provided.

Comments

©2015 by the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists

Used with Permission

NSUWorks Citation

Theodore W. Pietsch and Tracey Sutton. 2015. A New Species of the Ceratioid Anglerfish Genus Lasiognathus Regan (Lophiiformes: Oneirodidae) from the Northern Gulf of Mexico .Copeia , (2) : 429 -432. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/occ_facarticles/661.

ORCID ID

0000-0002-5280-7071

DOI

10.1643/CI-14-181