Frogfish and Dragonets Codexery

Side-jet frogfish

A frogfish with a gill opening away from the pectoral fin.

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Its scientific name is Abantennarius duescus, originally described as Antennarius duescus by John Otterbein Snyder in 1904.[1][2] The side-jet frogfish belongs to the Antennariidae family and is a type of anglerfish.[1][2] The specific name "duescus" translates to "two baits," which alludes to the presence of two bait-like structures on the fish's dorsal spines.[3]

Scientific classification

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassActinopterygii
  4. DivisionTeleostei
  5. OrderLophiiformes
  6. FamilyAntennariidae
  7. GenusAbantennarius
  8. SpeciesAbantennarius duescus

Named by (Snyder, 1904)

Close relatives

Other species of Abantennarius with a Codexery entry.

Sources: Wikipedia taxobox: Abantennarius duescus (CC BY-SA 4.0) · order, family and genus agree with WoRMS AphiaID 1605259 (CC BY 4.0)

Conservation status

Least Concern (LC)

  1. LC▲ this species
  2. NT
  3. VU
  4. EN
  5. CR
  6. EW
  7. EX
Population trend
Not held in our sources — see the assessment
Assessment published
2022

Source: IUCN Red List assessment · GBIF copy of the Red List category

Biology and range

The genus name Abantennarius combines ab, meaning "away from," with antennarius, referring to the gill opening being positioned away from the base of the pectoral fin.[3] This species has been recorded from widely scattered locations in the western Pacific Ocean, including Hawaii, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, and Fiji.[4] It is found at depths between 10 and 137 meters, with a mean recorded depth of 23 meters.[4] The side-jet frogfish inhabits rocky and coral reefs.[4]

The fish possesses two escae: the typical first dorsal-fin spine and a thinner second dorsal spine with a club-like tip.[3]

What the specialist sources record

The Fishes of the World classification places Abantennarius in the family Antennariidae.[1][5] GBIF lists Abantennarius duescus as a synonym and reports zero occurrence records for this taxon as of October 2026.[2]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Abantennarius duescus" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: ; ; "Fishes of the World", John Wiley & Sons, 2016, p. 508–518 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  2. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence index, Abantennarius duescus (taxon key 4284206). CC BY 4.0 (backbone); counts are facts. gbif.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Abantennarius duescus" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Christopher Scharpf, "Order LOPHIIFORMES (part 1): Families LOPHIIDAE, ANTENNARIIDAE, TETRABRACHIIDAE, LOPHICHTHYIDAE, BRACHIONICHTHYIDAE, CHAUNACIDAE and OGCOCEPHALIDAE", The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Abantennarius duescus" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Pietsch, T., "Abantennarius duescus", 2022 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Open Library record, ISBN 9781118342336 ("Fishes of the World"). CC0 (metadata); book content not read. openlibrary.org

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1. To which biological order does the side-jet frogfish belong?

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Not quite. The answer is Lophiiformes.

2. To which biological family does the side-jet frogfish belong?

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Not quite. The answer is Antennariidae.

3. Who first scientifically described the side-jet frogfish?

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Not quite. The answer is John Otterbein Snyder.

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Sources

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