Lophius budegassa Blackbellied angler

Lophius budegassa is commonly referred to as Blackbellied angler. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

4916 

AphiaID:

126554 

Scientific:

Lophius budegassa 

German:

Schwarzer Seeteufel 

English:

Blackbellied Angler 

Category:

Tudsefisk 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Lophiiformes (Order) > Lophiidae (Family) > Lophius (Genus) > budegassa (Species) 

Initial determination:

Spinola, 1807 

Occurrence:

Straße von Gibraltar, West Sahara, East-Atlantic Ocean, Egypt, European Coasts, Israel, Morocco, Namibia, Northern Africa, Portugal, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Spain, the British Isles, the Isle of Man, the Mediterranean Sea, West Africa 

Sea depth:

70 - 1013 Meter 

Size:

19.69" - 39.37" (50cm - 100cm) 

Temperature:

39.2 °F - 50 °F (4°C - 10°C) 

Food:

Clams, Crabs, Crustaceans, Edible crab, Fish (little fishes), Invertebrates, Sepia, Snails, Worms, Zoobenthos 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Data deficient (DD) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Lophius americanus
• 
  Lophius budegassa
  Schwarzer Seeteufel
• Lophius gastrophysus
• Lophius litulon
• 
  Lophius piscatorius
  Seeteufel
• Lophius vaillanti
• Lophius vomerinus

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2012-12-26 19:53:07 

Last edit:

2017-01-19 19:03:14 

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