Check List 20(4): 868-873, doi: 10.15560/20.4.868

First record of Blackfin Goosefish, Lophius gastrophysus Miranda Ribeiro, 1915 (Lophiiformes, Lophiidae), from the south-western Gulf of Mexico

Luis Fernando Del Moral-Flores^‡, Oscar Méndez^§, Ana Valeria Callejas-Arrioja^§, Andi Alexander Lara-Alcantara^§

‡ Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Tlalnepantla, Mexico§ Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Mexico

Corresponding author: Luis Fernando Del Moral-Flores ( delmoralfer@gmail.com )

Academic editor: Pedro Bragança

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Citation: Del Moral-Flores LF, Méndez O, Callejas-Arrioja AA, Lara-Alcantara AA (2024) First record of Blackfin Goosefish, Lophius gastrophysus Miranda Ribeiro, 1915 (Lophiiformes, Lophiidae), from the south-western Gulf of Mexico. Check List 20(4): 868-873. https://doi.org/10.15560/20.4.868

Abstract

We report the presence of Blackﬁn Gooseﬁsh, Lophius gastrophysus Miranda Ribeiro, 1915, in Mexican waters of the Gulf of Mexico, expanding its known distribution to the south of the Gulf by approximately 400 km. This report is based in one specimen (712 mm total length, 593 mm standard length, and 7,500 g in weight) captured off the coast of Veracruz. We present the morphometric and meristic data of the specimen and compare it with those previously published.

Keywords

Anglerﬁshes, Mexican waters, new records, range extension, species distribution