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Table 1 Diversity of the Lophiiformes

From: Evolutionary history of anglerfishes (Teleostei: Lophiiformes): a mitogenomic perspective

Suborder

Family

Genus

%

Species

%

Lophioidei

Lophiidae

4 (4)

100.0

4 (25)

16.0

Antennarioidei

Antennariidae

2 (12)

16.7

3 (45)

6.7

 

Tetrabrachiidae

1 (2)

50.0

1 (2)

50.0

 

Brachionichthyidae

1 (2)

50.0

1 (5)

20.0

 

Lophichthyidae

0 (1)

0.0

0 (1)

0.0

Chaunacoidei

Chaunacidae

1 (2)

50.0

3 (14)

21.4

Ogcocephaloidei

Ogcocephalidae

4 (10)

40.0

4 (68)

5.9

Ceratioidei

Caulophrynidae

1 (2)

50.0

2 (5)

40.0

 

Neoceratiidae

1 (1)

100.0

1 (1)

100.0

 

Melanocetidae

1 (1)

100.0

2 (6)

33.3

 

Himantolophidae

1 (1)

100.0

2 (18)

11.1

 

Diceratiidae

2 (2)

100.0

2 (6)

33.3

 

Oneirodidae

4 (16)

25.0

4 (63)

6.3

 

Thaumatichthyidae

2 (2)

100.0

2 (8)

25.0

 

Centrophrynidae

1 (1)

100.0

1 (1)

100.0

 

Ceratiidae

2 (2)

100.0

2 (4)

50.0

 

Gigantactinidae

2 (2)

100.0

2 (21)

9.5

 

Linophrynidae

3 (5)

60.0

3 (27)

11.1

 

Total

33 (68)

48.5

39 (321)

12.1

  1. Numbers of genera and species of 18 lophiiform families used in this study, with taxonomic diversity (numbers in parentheses) estimated by Pietsch [2]