The systematics and distribution of the lophiid anglerfishes: III. Intergeneric relationships
Caruso, J.H. (1985). The systematics and distribution of the lophiid anglerfishes: III. Intergeneric relationships. Copeia 1985(4): 870-875
In: Copeia. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists: New York, N.Y., etc.. ISSN 0045-8511; e-ISSN 1938-5110, more
Continues:Caruso, J.H. (1983). The systematics and distribution of the lophiid anglerfishes: II. Revisions of the genera Lophiomus and Lophius. Copeia 1983(1): 11-30, more
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| Keywords |
Lophiomus Gill, 1883 [WoRMS]; Lophius Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS]
Marine/Coastal |
| Abstract |
The phylogenetic relationships of the four lophiid genera, Sladenia, Lophiodes, Lophiomus and Lophius, are explored. An hypothesis of phylogenetic relationships is proposed based on an analysis of the distribution of shared derived states of 12 morphological characters. It is proposed that Sladenia is the most primitive genus, that Lophiodes is the primitive sister group of Lophiomus and Lophius, and that Lophius is the most derived of the four genera. A key to the genera is provided. |
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