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Species related to Lophius americanus: [ 1 ] record

americanus, Lophius Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:380 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Northwestern Atlantic. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-4653. Type catalog: Pietsch et al. 1987:136 [ref. 6339]. •Valid as Lophius americanus Valenciennes 1837 -- (Herrera 1896:71 [ref. 39336], Smith 1986:400 [ref. 22186], Robins & Ray 1986:86 [ref. 23100], Scott & Scott 1988:235 [ref. 25518], McAllister 1990:228 [ref. 14674], Murdy et al. 1997:109 [ref. 23144], Caruso in Collette & Klein-MacPhee 2002:264 [ref. 26158], Everly 2002:393 [ref. 26185], Caruso 2003:1046 [ref. 27013], Moore et al. 2003:213 [ref. 27076], Nelson et al. 2004:95 [ref. 27807], Page et al. 2013:97 [ref. 32708], Afonso et al. 2016:38, 187 [ref. 36199], Simian et al. 2022:375 [ref. 40776]). Current status: Valid as Lophius americanus Valenciennes 1837. Lophiidae. Distribution: Northwestern Atlantic. Habitat: marine.