Lophiocharon

Lophiocharon is a genus of frogfishes native to the Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean.

Lophiocharon
Lophiocharon hutchinsi
Lophiocharon lithinostomus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Lophiiformes
Family: Antennariidae
Subfamily: Histiophryninae
Genus: Lophiocharon
Whitley, 1933

Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Lophiocharon hutchinsi Pietsch, 2004 (Hutchins' anglerfish)
  • Lophiocharon lithinostomus D. S. Jordan & R. E. Richardson, 1908 (Marble-mouthed frogfish)
  • Lophiocharon trisignatus J. Richardson, 1844 (Three-spot frogfish)
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References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Lophiocharon in FishBase. April 2012 version.


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