Abantennarius
A genus of frogfishes found in Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic Oceans.
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Abantennarius is a genus of frogfishes first proposed in 1957 by Leonard Peter Schultz, with Antennarius duescus as the type species.[1] GBIF lists the genus as a synonym within the family Antennariidae, order Lophiiformes, with zero occurrence records as of October 2026.[2] The genus name Abantennarius is formed by adding the prefix ab, meaning "away from", to antennarius, which refers to a fish in the family Antennariidae, alluding to the gill opening's position away from the pectoral fin base, unlike typical frogfishes.[3]
Scientific classification
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassActinopterygii
- DivisionTeleostei
- OrderLophiiformes
- FamilyAntennariidae
- GenusAbantennarius
Named by Schultz, 1957
Sources: Wikipedia taxobox: Abantennarius (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Quick Facts
- Type species
- Antennarius duescus
Facts from the source article.
Biology and range
Abantennarius frogfishes have round, nearly globular bodies that are somewhat compressed.[4] Abantennarius frogfishes occur in the Indian and Pacific Oceans from eastern Africa to the western Americas, with one Atlantic species, A. bermudensis.[5] According to the Shorefishes of the Eastern Pacific online information system, these fish have no spines on the illicium and possess either a very small or absent esca.[4] The mouth is described as very large and oriented upward.[4]
The pectoral fins are broadly attached to the body and have developed a limb-like appearance with an "elbow".[4] The Shorefishes of the Eastern Pacific online information system records that A. duescus, the smallest species, attains a maximum standard length of 3 cm, whereas A. dorehensis, the largest, reaches a total length of 14 cm.[4]
What the specialist sources record
The ETYFish Project states that the genus name references the gill opening's location away from the pectoral fin base, a departure from the usual frogfish arrangement.[3]
References
- Wikipedia, "Abantennarius" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: ; ; Theodore W. Pietsch, "The Genera of Frogfishes (Family Antennariidae)", Copeia, 1984, p. 27–44; ; Arnold, R. J., "A new genus and species of the frogfish family Antennariidae (Teleostei: Lophiiformes: Antennarioidei) from New South Wales, Australia, with a diagnosis and key to the genera of the Histiophryninae", Cope; (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence index, Abantennarius (taxon key 2414682). CC BY 4.0 (backbone); counts are facts. gbif.org
- Wikipedia, "Abantennarius" (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
- Wikipedia, "Abantennarius" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Genus: Abantennarius, Frogfishes", Shorefishes of the Eastern Pacific online information system; (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Abantennarius" (CC BY-SA 4.0) en.wikipedia.org
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- Wikipedia: Abantennarius (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Word definitions: the Codexery glossary, each quoted from its Wikipedia article.
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