📸 PhotoPhoto: P. Clarke · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons Source
Blackmouth angler
Lophiomus setigerus (Blackmouth angler · Blackmouth angler)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 Korea Policy Briefing introduces the blackmouth angler as an ingredient for braised anglerfish (agwijjim), a winter restorative dish in season from December to February, living at depths of 70–250 m.
- 💡 Its common size of 30 cm is almost the same as the long side of an A4 sheet of paper (29.7 cm) (Comparison).
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
📖 1. Overview
The blackmouth angler is an anglerfish living on sandy mud bottoms in the East China Sea, South China Sea, and around Japan, China, and Taiwan.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
Its common size is around 30 cm in total length, and it reproduces by laying eggs.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
It spawns in multiple batches, and with a trophic level of 4.0 based on diet studies, it is a predator that preys on other animals.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
It is listed on the National List of Species of Korea (National Institute of Biological Resources (NIBR)).
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List LC (2020) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/46076682/46664269
- • IUCN Red List category LC — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • catalogueoflife.org — 3W28B
- • iucnredlist.org — 46664269
- • 국가생물종목록(국립생물자원관) ktsn 120000057883 — https://species.nibr.go.kr/home/mainHome.do?cont_link=009&subMenu=009002&contCd=009002&ktsn=120000057883
- • wikidata.org — Q2915592
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Lophiomus setigerus 2.png
- • fishbase.se — Lophiomus-setigerus.html
- • species.nibr.go.kr — general-search
- • korea.kr — interviewView.do
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — author not recorded · Public Domain Mark 1.0 (Related taxon silhouette — Lophius piscatorius)
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.