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Taxon: Family Lophiidae Rafinesque, 1810 - goosefishes (fish)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  Rafinesque, 1810, orth. corr.
Original name & rank:  Rafinesque Schmaltz, C.S. 1810b. Indice Ittiol. Sicil.: 42 ("Ordine. I Lofidi."). [family, nom. vernac.]. ≡
Latinized name:  Rafinesque, C.S. 1815. Analyse: 92 ("S. F. Lophidia."). ≡
Subsequent spelling: 
Source for the authorship:  van der Laan, R., Eschmeyer, W.N. & Fricke, R. 2014. Zootaxa 3882 (2): 69 ("Rafinesque 1810").

Attributes

Available family-group name, later latinized [ICZN, 1999: Art. 11.7.2 (<1900)] Ref: R. van der Laan et al. 2014. Zootaxa 3882 (2): 69 ("Article 11.7.2").
Justified emendation of suffix (: orth. corr.) [ICZN, 1999: Arts. 29.2, 34.1 (family)] Ref: R. van der Laan et al. 2014. Zootaxa 3882 (2): 69. [inferred]

Types

Type: Lophius (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 251; [<2 Feb 2024]. [inferred]

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: zeeduivels Ref: B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: goosefishes Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 508; ECoF(14 Mar 2025).
: monkfishes Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2468; ECoF(14 Mar 2025).
: goosefishes Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2468.
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