Lophiidae

Translingual

Etymology

Lophius +‎ -idae

Proper noun

Lophiidae

A taxonomic family within the order Lophiiformes – monkfishes, goosefishes, fishing frogs, frogfishes, sea devil.

Hypernyms

(family): Vertebrata - Subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Osteichthyes - superclass; Actinopterygii - class; Neopterygii - subclass; Teleostei - infraclass; Paracanthopterygii - superorder; Lophiiformes - order; Lophioidei - suborder

Hyponyms

(family): Lophiodes, Lophiomus, Lophius, Sladenia - genera; †Caruso, †Eosladenia, †Sharfia - extinct genera

References

Lophiidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Lophiidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Lophiidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Lophiidae at World Register of Marine Species
Lophiidae on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Lophiidae at the Tree of Life Web Project
Lophiidae at Encyclopedia of Life
Lophiidae at National Center for Biotechnology Information

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