Australian Museum Journal A new species of the anglerfish genus Lophiocharon Whitley (Lophiiformes: Antennariidae) from Australian waters
- Shortform:
- Pietsch, 2004, Rec. Aust. Mus. 56(2): 159–162
- Author(s):
- Pietsch, Theodore W.
- Year published:
- 2004
- Title:
- A new species of the anglerfish genus Lophiocharon Whitley (Lophiiformes: Antennariidae) from Australian waters
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum
- Volume:
- 56
- Issue:
- 2
- Start page:
- 159
- End page:
- 162
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1975.56.2004.1418
- Language:
- English
- Date published:
- 07 July 2004
- Cover date:
- 07 July 2004
- ISSN:
- 0067-1975
- CODEN:
- RAUMAJ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Subjects:
- FISHES
- Digitized:
- 07 July 2004
- Available online:
- 07 July 2004
- Reference number:
- 1418
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (11kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (75kb PDF)
Abstract
A new species of the antennariid anglerfish genus Lophiocharon, L. hutchinsi, is described on the basis of nine specimens collected from Western Australia, Northern Territory, and Queensland, and from the Aru Islands, Indonesia. It differs from its congeners in having a combination of features that includes a reduced esca, scarcely, if at all, differentiated from the illicium, and a relatively short illicium covered from base to tip with small dermal spinules.