First record of Blackfin Goosefish, Lophius gastrophysus Miranda Ribeiro, 1915 (Lophiiformes, Lophiidae), from the south-western Gulf of Mexico

By

Del Moral Flores, Luis Fernando
Méndez, Oscar
Callejas-Arrioja, Ana Valeria
Lara-Alcantara, Andi Alexander

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2024-7-17

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

20

Series / Issue

Issue: 4

Pages

868--873

Subjects

Anglerfishes , Mexican waters , new records , range extension , species distribution

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/20.4.868

 

Abstract

We report the presence of Blackfin Goosefish, Lophius gastrophysus Miranda Ribeiro, 1915, in Mexican waters of the Gulf of Mexico, expanding its known distribution to the south of the Gulf by approximately 400 km. This report is based in one specimen (712 mm total length, 593 mm standard length, and 7,500 g in weight) captured off the coast of Veracruz. We present the morphometric and meristic data of the specimen and compare it with those previously published.