Antennarius scaber

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Antennarius scaber
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Lophiiformes
Family: Antennariidae
Genus: Antennarius
Species:
A. scaber
Binomial name
Antennarius scaber
(Cuvier, 1817)
Synonyms[1]
  • Chironectes scaber Cuvier, 1817
  • Phrynelox scaber (Cuvier, 1817)
  • Ostracion knorrii Walbaum, 1792
  • Chironectes tenebrosus Poey, 1852
  • Antennarius tenebrosus (Poey, 1852)
  • Lophius spectrum Gronow, 1854
  • Antennarius nuttingii Garman, 1896
  • Antennarius teleplanus Fowler, 1912
  • Antennarius cubensis Borodin, 1928

Antennarius scaber, the splitlure frogfish or strated frogfish, is a species of marine

Antennarius striatus
.

Taxonomy

Antennarius scaber was first formally

Lophiiformes, the anglerfishes.[5]

Etymology

Antennarius scaber has the genus name Antennarius which suffixes -ius to antenna, an allusion to first dorsal spine being adapted into a tentacle on the snout used as a lure to attract prey. The specific name scaber, means "rough", an allusion to the rough skin with its covering of spinules.[6]

Description

Antennarius scaber has a globose rather compressed body with eyes on the sides of head. It has a very large, upwardly pointung mouth with numerous small teeth. The small round gill opening is located below and behind the base of the

caudal fin fin. The rough skin of the body has a dense covering of bifurcated spinules. The overall colour varies through yellow, orange, green, brown, grey, or almost white. There are irregular, slender brown bars and spots on the head, body and fins with dark discontinuous lines radiating out from the eye.[7]

Distribution and habitat

Antennarius scaber is found in the western Atlantic Ocean where it occurs as far north as New Jersey and Bermuda south through the Bahamas, the Gulf of Mexico and throughout the island groups of the Caribbean to the southernmost coast of Brazil.[1] This species is found at depths between the surface and 219 m (719 ft) but is typically found at depths shallower than 30 m (98 ft) on reefs and sandy and muddy substrates.[7]

Biology

Anetnnarius scaber, like other frogfishes, is an ambush predator using the illicium with its escaa on teh tip to lure prey within striking distance of the mouth. Fishes in the genus Antennarius lay their eggs in gelatinous masses called rafts or veils. The eggs remain within this mass until they hatch.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2024). "Antennarius scaber" in FishBase. February 2024 version.
  2. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Antennarius". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  3. ^ Smith-Vaniz, W.F.; Fraser, T. & Robins, R.H. (2015). "Antennarius striatus (Gulf of Mexico assessment)". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T16406979A78695740. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Antennarius scaber". www.frogfish.ch. Teresa Zubi. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
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  6. ^ Christopher Scharpf (14 November 2022). "Order LOPHIIFORMES (part 1): Families LOPHIIDAE, ANTENNARIIDAE, TETRABRACHIIDAE, LOPHICHTHYIDAE, BRACHIONICHTHYIDAE, CHAUNACIDAE and OGCOCEPHALIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  7. ^ a b "Species: Antennarius scaber, Splitlure Frogfish, Striated Frogfish". Shorefishes of the Greater Caribbean online information system. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  8. ^ Cathleen Bester. "Striated Frogfish Antennarius striatus". Discover Fishes. Florida Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
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