Lophiocharon
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| Lophiocharon | |
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| Lophiocharon hutchinsi | |
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| Lophiocharon lithinostomus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Lophiiformes |
| Family: | Antennariidae |
| Subfamily: | Lophichthyinae |
| Genus: | Lophiocharon Whitley, 1933 |
| Type species | |
| Lophiocharon broomensis Whitley, 1933 | |
Lophiocharon is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the subfamily Histiophryninae in the family Antennariidae, the frogfishes. These fishes are found in the eastern Indian Ocean and Western Pacific Ocean.
Lophiocharon was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1933 by the Australian ichthyologist Gilbert Percy Whitley when he described Lophiocharon broomensis, which he designated as the type species of the new genus.[1] L. broomensis was given the type locality of Broome, Western Australia. L. broomensis was later considered to be a synonym of Chironectes trisignatus which had been described in 1844 by Sir John Richardson, also from Broome.[2] Some authorities classify this genus in the subfamily Histiophryninae within the family Antennariidae,[3] while others recognise it as the family Histiophrynidae.[4] However, the 5th edition of Fishes of the World does not recognise subfamilies within the Antennariidae, classifying the family within the suborder Antennarioidei within the order Lophiiformes, the anglerfishes.[5]
Etymology
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[7]
- Lophiocharon hutchinsi Pietsch, 2004 (Hutchins' anglerfish)
- Lophiocharon lithinostomus D. S. Jordan & R. E. Richardson, 1908 (Marble-mouthed frogfish)
- Lophiocharon trisignatus J. Richardson, 1844 (Three-spot frogfish)