Lophius Linnaeus [C.] 1758:236 Masc. Lophius piscatorius Linnaeus 1758. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Jordan & Gilbert 1883:844 [ref. 2476]. On Official List (Opinion 77, Direction 56). Also appeared as new (sensu Artedi) in Billberg 1833:52, 53 [ref. 34146]; see Kullander 2016:111 [ref. 34147]. •Valid as Lophius Linnaeus 1758 -- (Monod & Le Danois 1973:659 [ref. 7223], Caruso 1983 [ref. 5168], Nakabo in Masuda et al. 1984:102 [ref. 6441], Caruso in Whitehead et al. 1986:1362 [ref. 13677], Caruso 1986:365 [ref. 6290], Lindberg et al. 1997:208 [ref. 23547], Everly 2002:393 [ref. 26185], Caruso 2003:1044 [ref. 27013], Ho & Shao 2007:21 [ref. 29146], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:32 [ref. 36649], Mecklenburg et al. 2011:121 [ref. 31212], Shinohara et al. 2011:41 [ref. 31715], Mukhametov & Orlov 2011:56 [ref. 32453], Parin et al. 2014:184 [ref. 33547], Bañón et al. 2016:318 [ref. 34397], Fricke et al. 2018:87 [ref. 35805], Fricke et al. 2019:71 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Lophius Linnaeus 1758. Lophiidae.