Marble-mouthed frogfish (Lophiocharon lithinostomus)

Scientific name: Lophiocharon lithinostomus Jordan & Richardson, 1908

Marble-mouthed frogfish (Lophiocharon lithinostomus)

The Marble-mouthed frogfish (Lophiocharon lithinostomus) is a marine fish of the family Antennariidae. Native range: Western Central Pacific, Sulu Sea of Indonesia and Philippines.

Species facts

Scientific name
Lophiocharon lithinostomus
Family
Antennariidae (Frogfishes)
Order
Lophiiformes (Anglerfishes)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
9.1
Environment
Marine; demersal; non-migratory; depth range 0 - ? m
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Western Central Pacific: Sulu Sea of Indonesia and Philippines.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: of no interest
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Fec assumed to be > 10,000)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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