WoRMS taxon details
Antennarius pictus (Shaw, 1794)
217851 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217851)
accepted
Species
Antennarius chironectes (Latreille, 1804) · unaccepted
Antennarius horridus Bleeker, 1853 · unaccepted
Antennarius leprosus (Eydoux & Souleyet, 1850) · unaccepted
Antennarius polyophthalmus Bleeker, 1852 · unaccepted
Chironectes leprosus Eydoux & Souleyet, 1850 · unaccepted
Chironectes verus Cloquet, 1817 · unaccepted
Lophiocharon horridus (Bleeker, 1853) · unaccepted
Lophius chironectes Latreille, 1804 · unaccepted
Lophius pictus Shaw, 1794 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Lophius pictus Shaw, 1794) Shaw, G.; Nodder, F. P. (1789-1813). The Naturalist's Miscellany, or coloured figures of natural objects; drawn and described from nature. <em>London.</em> 23 vols. unnumbered pages.
page(s): no page number, Pl. 176 (upper fig.) [details]
page(s): no page number, Pl. 176 (upper fig.) [details]
Description Inhabits shallow sheltered reefs (Ref. 9710).
Description Inhabits shallow sheltered reefs (Ref. 9710). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Antennarius pictus (Shaw, 1794). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217851 on 2025-12-08
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Antennarius polyophthalmus Bleeker, 1852) Bleeker, P. (1852). Nieuwe visschen van Banda Neira. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 3 (no. 4): 643-646. [details]
original description (of Lophius chironectes Latreille, 1804) Latreille, P. A. (1804). Tableau méthodique des Poissons. <em>In: Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle. [1re éd.] v. 24. Caractères et tables. Imprimérie de Crapelet, Paris. [24 vols., 1803-1804.].</em> Pp. 71-105.
page(s): 73 [details]
original description (of Antennarius horridus Bleeker, 1853) Bleeker, P. (1853). Bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Solor. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 5 (no. 1): 67-96. [details]
original description (of Lophius pictus Shaw, 1794) Shaw, G.; Nodder, F. P. (1789-1813). The Naturalist's Miscellany, or coloured figures of natural objects; drawn and described from nature. <em>London.</em> 23 vols. unnumbered pages.
page(s): no page number, Pl. 176 (upper fig.) [details]
original description (of Chironectes leprosus Eydoux & Souleyet, 1850) Eydoux, J. F. T. ; Souleyet, F. A. (1850). Poissons In: Voyage autour du monde exécuté pendant les années 1836 et 1837 sur la corvette La Bonite, commandée par M. Vaillant. <em>Zoologie, Paris.</em> Vol. 1 (pt 2). i-iv, i-xxxix + 1-334, Pls. 1-10. Pp. 155-216. [details]
original description (of Chironectes verus Cloquet, 1817) Cloquet, H. (1816-30). Pisces accounts. <em>In: Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles.</em> Volumes 1-60. [Initials after accounts correspond to authors given in Vol. 1; fish accounts by Lacepède (L. L.), Duméril (C. D.), Daudin (F. M. D.) and Cloquet (H. C.)]. [Dates for volumes are given by Cassini 1834, Opuscles Phytologiques, p. 47.].
page(s): 599 (v. 8) [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Lophius chironectes Latreille, 1804) Latreille, P. A. (1804). Tableau méthodique des Poissons. <em>In: Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle. [1re éd.] v. 24. Caractères et tables. Imprimérie de Crapelet, Paris. [24 vols., 1803-1804.].</em> Pp. 71-105.
page(s): 73 [details]
original description (of Antennarius horridus Bleeker, 1853) Bleeker, P. (1853). Bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Solor. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 5 (no. 1): 67-96. [details]
original description (of Lophius pictus Shaw, 1794) Shaw, G.; Nodder, F. P. (1789-1813). The Naturalist's Miscellany, or coloured figures of natural objects; drawn and described from nature. <em>London.</em> 23 vols. unnumbered pages.
page(s): no page number, Pl. 176 (upper fig.) [details]
original description (of Chironectes leprosus Eydoux & Souleyet, 1850) Eydoux, J. F. T. ; Souleyet, F. A. (1850). Poissons In: Voyage autour du monde exécuté pendant les années 1836 et 1837 sur la corvette La Bonite, commandée par M. Vaillant. <em>Zoologie, Paris.</em> Vol. 1 (pt 2). i-iv, i-xxxix + 1-334, Pls. 1-10. Pp. 155-216. [details]
original description (of Chironectes verus Cloquet, 1817) Cloquet, H. (1816-30). Pisces accounts. <em>In: Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles.</em> Volumes 1-60. [Initials after accounts correspond to authors given in Vol. 1; fish accounts by Lacepède (L. L.), Duméril (C. D.), Daudin (F. M. D.) and Cloquet (H. C.)]. [Dates for volumes are given by Cassini 1834, Opuscles Phytologiques, p. 47.].
page(s): 599 (v. 8) [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (HKRMS)
Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Inhabits shallow sheltered reefs (Ref. 9710). [details]
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Chironectes verus Cloquet, 1817)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Chironectes leprosus Eydoux & Souleyet, 1850)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Antennarius horridus Bleeker, 1853)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Antennarius leprosus (Eydoux & Souleyet, 1850))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Antennarius chironectes (Latreille, 1804))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Lophius pictus Shaw, 1794)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Lophiocharon horridus (Bleeker, 1853))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Lophius chironectes Latreille, 1804)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Antennarius polyophthalmus Bleeker, 1852)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Painted Frogfish)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Painted Frogfish)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Antennarius pictus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Antennarius chironectes (Latreille, 1804))
To FishBase (from synonym Antennarius horridus Bleeker, 1853)
To FishBase (from synonym Antennarius leprosus (Eydoux & Souleyet, 1850))
To FishBase (from synonym Lophius chironectes Latreille, 1804)
To FishBase (from synonym Antennarius polyophthalmus Bleeker, 1852)
To FishBase (from synonym Lophius pictus Shaw, 1794)
To FishBase (from synonym Chironectes leprosus Eydoux & Souleyet, 1850)
To FishBase (from synonym Chironectes verus Cloquet, 1817)
To FishBase (from synonym Lophiocharon horridus (Bleeker, 1853))
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Lophius pictus Shaw, 1794)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Antennarius pictus FIN026199 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Antennarius pictus FIN026199B Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Chironectes verus Cloquet, 1817)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Chironectes leprosus Eydoux & Souleyet, 1850)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Antennarius horridus Bleeker, 1853)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Antennarius leprosus (Eydoux & Souleyet, 1850))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Antennarius chironectes (Latreille, 1804))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Lophius pictus Shaw, 1794)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Lophiocharon horridus (Bleeker, 1853))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Lophius chironectes Latreille, 1804)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Antennarius polyophthalmus Bleeker, 1852)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Painted Frogfish)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Painted Frogfish)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Antennarius pictus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Antennarius chironectes (Latreille, 1804))
To FishBase (from synonym Antennarius horridus Bleeker, 1853)
To FishBase (from synonym Antennarius leprosus (Eydoux & Souleyet, 1850))
To FishBase (from synonym Lophius chironectes Latreille, 1804)
To FishBase (from synonym Antennarius polyophthalmus Bleeker, 1852)
To FishBase (from synonym Lophius pictus Shaw, 1794)
To FishBase (from synonym Chironectes leprosus Eydoux & Souleyet, 1850)
To FishBase (from synonym Chironectes verus Cloquet, 1817)
To FishBase (from synonym Lophiocharon horridus (Bleeker, 1853))
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Lophius pictus Shaw, 1794)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Antennarius pictus FIN026199 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Antennarius pictus FIN026199B Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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