This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Chen, Hsuan-Pu, Lee, Mao-Ying, Chen, Wei-Jen (2024): Integrative taxonomy reveals unanticipated hidden diversity in the monotypic goosefish genus Lophiomus (Teleostei, Lophiidae), with description of three new species and resurrection of Chirolophius laticeps Ogilby, 1910. European Journal of Taxonomy 943: 239-287, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.943.2599, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2024.943.2599

Abstract. Thought to be monotypic for decades, the only species in the goosefish genus Lophiomus Gill, Lm. setigerus (Vahl), shows a wide range of morphological variation and is distributed widely in the Indo-West Pacific (IWP). In this study, datasets for two mitochondrial and two nuclear genes sequences obtained from samples of Lophiomus collected in different localities across the IWP were constructed and analyzed to explore the phylogeny and species diversity within the genus. Our integrated approach with multiline evidence unveiled an unanticipated richness of at least six delimited species of Lophiomus. Herein, based on materials already available from museums and new specimens obtained primarily through the Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos program surveying IWP benthic fauna, we formally describe three new species: Lm. immaculioralis sp. nov., Lm. nigriventris sp. nov., and Lm. carusoi sp. nov. Also, we resurrect Lm. laticeps stat. rev. from synonyms of Lm. setigerus. These species can be diagnosed by genetics, body coloration, patterns on the floor of the mouth, peritoneum pigmentation, morphometric measurements, and meristic counts of cranial spines, dorsal-fin spines, and pectoral-fin and pelvic-fin rays from each other and from Lm. setigerus. The species Lm. setigerus, as well as the genus Lophiomus, are re-described accordingly based on the new results. Amended identification keys to the four extant lophiid genera and to species of Lophiomus are also provided.

GBIF url: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/f993942a-74d3-41ef-a442-f0b30598e0c2
Homepage: https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/summary/AC188831FF932451FF95FFF0FF8E1C73
Citation: Chen H, Lee M, Chen W, felipe (2024). Integrative taxonomy reveals unanticipated hidden diversity in the monotypic goosefish genus Lophiomus (Teleostei, Lophiidae), with description of three new species and resurrection of Chirolophius laticeps Ogilby, 1910. European Journal of Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/ynsuez accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-02-12.