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Antennatus tuberosus (Cuvier, 1817) 
AphiaID: 217855

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Lophiiformes (Order) > Antennariidae (Family) > Antennariinae (Subfamily) > Antennatus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Antennatus Schultz, 1957
Synonymised
taxa
  Antennarius bigibbus Commerson, 1798
Antennarius tuberosus (Cuvier, 1817)
Antennarius unicornis Bennett, 1827
Chironectes reticulatus Eydoux & Souleyet, 1850
Chironectes tuberosus Cuvier, 1817
Lophius bigibbus Latreille, 1804
Sources  basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los BaƱos, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

from synonym: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds) (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp. [details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English tuberculated frogfish  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Aldabra [details]
Chagos [details]
Comores [details]
Kenya [details]
Madagascar [details]
Mauritius [details]
Mozambique [details]
Seychelles [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To ITIS
Note  Description: The average depth for all known captures was 11.2 m. Individuals maintained in experimental aquaria change in color from dark gray to light cream within 2 weeks. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217855
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Antennatus tuberosus (Cuvier, 1817). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217855 on 2013-05-19
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