Definition of Lophiidae

1. Noun. Large-headed marine fishes comprising the anglers.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Lophiidae

Lonicera morrowii
Lonicera periclymenum
Lonicera sempervirens
Lonicera tatarica
Lonicera xylosteum
Loniten
Lonnie
Lontara
Looney
Looney Tunes
Loos
Looser's lines
Looser's zones
Lope Felix de Vega Carpio
Lope de Vega
Lophiidae (current term)
Lophius
Lophius Americanus
Lophodytes
Lophodytes cucullatus
Lopholatilus
Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps
Lophophora
Lophophora williamsii
Lophophorus
Lophosoria
Lophosoriaceae
Lopid
Lopingian
Lopressor

Literary usage of Lophiidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. British Museum Guides: Vertrbrates by British Museum (Natural History) (1906)
"... fishes comprising the families Lophiidae (Angler- case fishes), ... In the Lophiidae (fig. 92) the mouth is very large and has teeth which are so ..."

2. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1859)
"On a new genus of the Family Lophiidae, /. c. 1834. Belanger. Zoologie du Voyage aux Indes Orientales. Paris. ..."

3. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1872)
"... spatulate with anterior stem and transverse blade. Basis cranii simple. Two families, the Antennariidae with three, the Lophiidae. ..."

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