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Issue: Vol. 3786 No. 5: 14 Apr. 2014
Type: Article
Published: 2014-04-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3786.5.6
Page range: 587–592
Abstract views: 40
PDF downloaded: 18

Rediscovery of Lophiodes triradiatus (Lloyd, 1909), a senior synonym of L. infrabrunneus Smith and Radcliffe (Lophiiformes: Lophiidae)

National Museum of Marine Biology & Aquarium, Pingtung, Taiwan Institute of Marine Biodiversity & Evolutionary Biology, National Dong Hwa University, Pingtung, Taiwan.
Kochi Unit, National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Kerala, India
Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi, Kerala, India
Pisces taxonomy Lophius triradiatus Lophiodes infrabrunneus Indian Ocean

Abstract

Examination of the holotype and three recently collected additional specimens from the Indian Ocean has revealed that Lophius triradiatus Lloyd, 1909 (now under Lophiodes)  is a valid species and a senior synonym of Lophiodes infrabrunneus Smith & Radcliffe, 1912 and Lophiodes abdituspinus Ni, Wu & Li, 1990. A detailed description of the additional specimens is provided.