WoRMS taxon details
Antennarius scaber (Cuvier, 1817)
301302 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:301302)
accepted
Species
Antennarius cubensis Borodin, 1928 · unaccepted
Antennarius nuttingi Garman, 1896 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Antennarius nuttingii Garman, 1896 · unaccepted
Antennarius teleplanus Fowler, 1912 · unaccepted
Antennarius tenebrosus (Poey, 1852) · unaccepted
Chironectes scaber Cuvier, 1817 · unaccepted
Chironectes tenebrosus Poey, 1852 · unaccepted
Lophius spectrum Gronow, 1854 · unaccepted
Ostracion knorrii Walbaum, 1792 · unaccepted (synonym)
Phrynelox nuttingi (Garman, 1896) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Phrynelox scaber (Cuvier, 1817) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Chironectes scaber 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): 425, Pl. 16 [details]
page(s): 425, Pl. 16 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Antennarius scaber (Cuvier, 1817). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=301302 on 2025-11-12
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Antennarius nuttingii Garman, 1896) Garman, S. (1896). Report on the fishes collected by the Bahama Expedition, of the State University of Iowa, under Professor C. C. Nutting, in 1893. <em>Bulletin of the Laboratory of Natural Science University of Iowa.</em> 4: 76-93, Pls. 1-4. [details]
original description (of Chironectes scaber 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): 425, Pl. 16 [details]
original description (of Ostracion knorrii Walbaum, 1792) Walbaum, J. J. (1792). Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52. Ichthyologiae pars III. <em>Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Grypeswaldiae [Greifswald].</em> Part 3: [i-viii] + 1-723, Pls. 1-3.
page(s): 482 [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]
original description (of Chironectes scaber 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): 425, Pl. 16 [details]
original description (of Ostracion knorrii Walbaum, 1792) Walbaum, J. J. (1792). Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52. Ichthyologiae pars III. <em>Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Grypeswaldiae [Greifswald].</em> Part 3: [i-viii] + 1-723, Pls. 1-3.
page(s): 482 [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] 
Other
context source (Bermuda)
Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys
(American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4)
. ASIH, 424 pp. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | splitlure frogfish | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Antennarius cubensis Borodin, 1928)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Antennarius nuttingii Garman, 1896)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Phrynelox nuttingi (Garman, 1896))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications) (from synonym Chironectes scaber Cuvier, 1817)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (37 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Antennarius teleplanus Fowler, 1912)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Phrynelox scaber (Cuvier, 1817))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Lophius spectrum Gronow, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Chironectes tenebrosus Poey, 1852)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Antennarius nuttingi Garman, 1896)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Antennarius tenebrosus (Poey, 1852))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Antennarius scaber)
To FishBase (from synonym Antennarius teleplanus Fowler, 1912)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Antennarius nuttingii Garman, 1896)
To FishBase (from synonym Lophius spectrum Gronow, 1854)
To FishBase (from synonym Antennarius tenebrosus (Poey, 1852))
To FishBase (from synonym Chironectes scaber Cuvier, 1817)
To FishBase (from synonym Ostracion knorrii Walbaum, 1792)
To FishBase (from synonym Antennarius nuttingi Garman, 1896)
To FishBase (from synonym Phrynelox nuttingi (Garman, 1896))
To FishBase (from synonym Antennarius cubensis Borodin, 1928)
To FishBase (from synonym Chironectes tenebrosus Poey, 1852)
To FishBase (from synonym Phrynelox scaber (Cuvier, 1817))
To Genbank (from synonym Phrynelox scaber (Cuvier, 1817))
To Genbank (from synonym Chironectes scaber Cuvier, 1817)
To Genbank
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Antennarius nuttingii Garman, 1896)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Phrynelox nuttingi (Garman, 1896))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications) (from synonym Chironectes scaber Cuvier, 1817)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (37 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Antennarius teleplanus Fowler, 1912)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Phrynelox scaber (Cuvier, 1817))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Lophius spectrum Gronow, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Chironectes tenebrosus Poey, 1852)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Antennarius nuttingi Garman, 1896)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Antennarius tenebrosus (Poey, 1852))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Antennarius scaber)
To FishBase (from synonym Antennarius teleplanus Fowler, 1912)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Antennarius nuttingii Garman, 1896)
To FishBase (from synonym Lophius spectrum Gronow, 1854)
To FishBase (from synonym Antennarius tenebrosus (Poey, 1852))
To FishBase (from synonym Chironectes scaber Cuvier, 1817)
To FishBase (from synonym Ostracion knorrii Walbaum, 1792)
To FishBase (from synonym Antennarius nuttingi Garman, 1896)
To FishBase (from synonym Phrynelox nuttingi (Garman, 1896))
To FishBase (from synonym Antennarius cubensis Borodin, 1928)
To FishBase (from synonym Chironectes tenebrosus Poey, 1852)
To FishBase (from synonym Phrynelox scaber (Cuvier, 1817))
To Genbank (from synonym Phrynelox scaber (Cuvier, 1817))
To Genbank (from synonym Chironectes scaber Cuvier, 1817)
To Genbank
To ITIS
