Lophiiformes
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Lophius piscatorius in aquarium
Translingual
Etymology
Proper noun
Lophiiformes
- 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
