Lophiiformes

Translingual

Lophius piscatorius in aquarium

Etymology

Lophius +‎ -iformes

Proper noun

Lophiiformes

1. A taxonomic order within the class Teleostei – anglerfishes.

Hypernyms

• (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Actinopterygii – superclass; Teleostei – class

Hyponyms

• (order): Antennarioidei, Lophioidei, Ogcocephalioidei – suborders
  • Antennariidae (frogfishes), Brachionichthyidae (handfishes), Caulophrynidae (fanfin seadevils), Centrophrynidae (prickly seadevils), Ceratiidae (warty seadevils), Chaunacidae (sea toads), Diceratiidae (doublespine seadevils) Gigantactinidae (whipnose sea devils), Himantolophidae (footballfishes), Linophrynidae (leftvent seadevils), Lophichthyidae (Boschma's frogfish), Lophiidae (goosefishes, monkfishes), Melanocetidae (black seadevils), Neoceratiidae (needlebeard seadevil), Ogcocephalidae (batfishes), Oneirodidae (dreamers), Tetrabrachiidae (four-armed frogfishes), Thaumatichthyidae (wolf-trap seadevils, wonderfish) – families

References

• Lophiiformes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lophiiformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Lophiiformes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Lophiiformes at World Register of Marine Species
• Lophiiformes at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Lophiiformes at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI