Key to the genera of Lophiidae

We revised couplet 3 of the key to the genera of Lophiidae provided by Caruso (1985):

3. Floor of mouth without any dark marking; outer surface of maxilla smooth; quadrate with two spines, both upper and lower spine present; interopercular spine with single spine; dorsal-fin rays 9–12; anal-fin rays 8–10; pectoral-fin rays 19–28; vertebrae 26–31 (Fig. 7B) ...... Lophius Linneaus, 1758

– Floor of mouth with conspicuous dark marking (except Lm. immaculatus), ranges from reticulate dark pattern, anastomosing dark pattern, to irregular or circular pale pattern on dark background; outer surface of maxilla bearing low conical knobs; quadrate with single lower spine; interopercular spine with two spines; dorsal-fin rays 8; anal-fin rays 6; pectoral-fin rays 21–25; vertebrae 18–19 (Figs 7C, 15) .................................................................................................... Lophiomus Gill, 1883