Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei

Lophiiformes

Rank: Order
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Antennariidae Jarocki, 1822
Caulophrynidae Goode & Bean, 1896
Centrophrynidae Bertelsen, 1951
Ceratiidae Gill, 1861
Chaunacidae Gill, 1863
Diceratiidae Regan & Trewavas, 1932
Gigantactinidae Boulenger, 1904
Himantolophidae Gill, 1861
Linophrynidae Regan, 1925
Lophiidae Rafinesque, 1810
Melanocetidae Gill, 1878
Ogcocephalidae Gill, 1893
Oneirodidae Gill, 1878
Thaumatichthyidae Smith & Radcliffe, 1912

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: vinarmigen

Japanese: アンコウ目 sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Swedish: marulkartade fiskar

Literature

basis of record	Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025.
taxonomy source	Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. Zootaxa. 3882(1): 1-230.

Genbank

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Lophiiformes. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:10316