- lure to
attract prey.
Antennarius contains the
following recognised valid species: The only
known fossil species is
Antennarius monodi Carnevale & Pietsch...
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Antennarius moai,
commonly known as the Moai frogfish, is a
species of fish
native to
Easter Island in the
South Pacific. This
species was discovered...
- body and fins.
Antennarius coccineus was
incorrectly named Antennarius nexilis by John
Otterbein Snyder in 1904,
followed by
Antennarius stigmaticus by...
-
genus Antennarius, this
species belongs to the
striatus species group. The 5th
edition of
Fishes of the
World classifies the
genus Antennarius in the...
-
Atlantic Ocean and was
previously considered to be a
synonym of
Antennarius striatus.
Antennarius scaber was
first formally described in 1817 as Chironectes...
- waters.
Within these habitats, two
holotypes and paratypes,
Antennarius randalli and
Antennarius moai, were discovered.
These are
considered frog-fish because...
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Cuvier placed the
genera Lophius (incl.
Lophius piscatorius), Chironectes/
Antennarius (incl.
various subspecies of
Lophius histrio),
Malthe (incl. Lophius...
-
frogfish family, Antennariidae, has its name
derived from
Antennarius, its type genus.
Antennarius suffixes -ius to antenna, an
allusion to
first dorsal spine...
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genus Antennarius the
leopard frogfish belongs to the
pictus species group. The 5th
edition of
Fishes of the
World classifies the
genus Antennarius in the...
-
genus Antennarius in the
family Antennariidae within the
suborder Antennarioidei within the
order Lophiiformes, the anglerfishes.
Antennarius pauciradiatus...
