WoRMS taxon details

Antennatus tuberosus (Cuvier, 1817)

217855  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217855)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Lophiiformes (Order)
  11. Antennariidae (Family)
  12. Antennatus (Genus)
  13. Antennatus tuberosus (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Chironectes tuberosus Cuvier, 1817) Cuvier, G. (1817). Sur le genre Chironectes Cuv. (Antennarius Commers). <em>Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> v. 3: 418-435, Pls. 16-18.
page(s): 432 [details] 
Description The average depth for all known captures was 11.2 m. Individuals maintained in experimental aquaria change in color from...  
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]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Antennatus tuberosus (Cuvier, 1817). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217855 on 2025-09-25
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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Nomenclature

original description (of Antennarius unicornis Bennett, 1827) Bennett, E. T. (1827). Observations on the fishes contained in the collection of the Zoological Society. <em>Zoological Journal, London.</em> v. 3 (no. 11, art. 37): 371-378, Pl. 9. [details] 

original description (of Lophius bigibbus 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): 74 [details] 

original description (of Chironectes reticulatus 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 tuberosus Cuvier, 1817) Cuvier, G. (1817). Sur le genre Chironectes Cuv. (Antennarius Commers). <em>Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> v. 3: 418-435, Pls. 16-18.
page(s): 432 [details] 

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., 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] OpenAccess publication

Other

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  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
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]
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LanguageName 
English tuberculated frogfish  [details]
Japanese カエルアンコウモドキ  [details]
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Antennarius unicornis Bennett, 1827)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Chironectes tuberosus Cuvier, 1817)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) (from synonym Antennarius bigibbus Commerson, 1798)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Lophius bigibbus Latreille, 1804)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Chironectes reticulatus Eydoux & Souleyet, 1850)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Antennarius tuberosus (Cuvier, 1817))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Pygmy Frogfish) 
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Pygmy Frogfish) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Antennatus tuberosus) 
To FishBase (from synonym Antennarius unicornis Bennett, 1827)
To FishBase 
To FishBase (from synonym Antennarius tuberosus (Cuvier, 1817))
To FishBase (from synonym Antennarius bigibbus Commerson, 1798)
To FishBase (from synonym Chironectes tuberosus Cuvier, 1817)
To FishBase (from synonym Chironectes reticulatus Eydoux & Souleyet, 1850)
To FishBase (from synonym Lophius bigibbus Latreille, 1804)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 17 proteins) (from synonym Chironectes tuberosus Cuvier, 1817)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 17 proteins) (from synonym Antennarius tuberosus (Cuvier, 1817))
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 17 proteins) 
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Antennatus tuberosus USNM 378759 photograph lateral view) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Antennatus tuberosus USNM 420988 photograph lateral view) 
To ITIS
Unreviewed

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