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Antennatus strigatus

A small, globose frogfish with dark streaks and a lure-like dorsal spine.

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Antennatus strigatus is a marine anglerfish species first formally described by Theodore Gill in 1863.[1] It belongs to the family Antennariidae within the order Lophiiformes.[1][2] The maximum standard length recorded for this species is 8 cm.[3]

Scientific classification

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassActinopterygii
  4. DivisionTeleostei
  5. OrderLophiiformes
  6. FamilyAntennariidae
  7. GenusAntennatus
  8. SpeciesAntennatus strigatus

Named by (Gill, 1863)

Close relatives

Other species of Antennatus with a Codexery entry.

Sources: Wikipedia taxobox: Antennatus strigatus (CC BY-SA 4.0) · order, family and genus agree with WoRMS AphiaID 279164 (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
2010

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

How big is it?

Size comparison: Antennatus strigatus and a personA 0.08 m long antennatus strigatus drawn to scale next to a 1.8 m tall person. Schematic shapes, not a likeness.0.08 m1.8 m

Largest length in the source, 0.08 m, next to a 1.8 m person.

Diagram: drawn by Codexery, schematic shapes to scale (not a likeness). Length: Wikipedia: Antennatus strigatus

Where the antennatus strigatus has been recorded

Where the antennatus strigatus has been recorded39 mapped locations from 103 GBIF occurrence records

Each dot is a place where the species has been observed and reported (103 records, half-degree grid) — not a modelled range. 13 inland records left out (institution coordinates).

Map: drawn by Codexery. Data: GBIF occurrence search (records CC0 / CC BY) · Natural Earth basemap (public domain)

Biology and range

The body is slightly compressed and globose, with a large upward-pointing mouth.[3] The first dorsal spine forms a tentacle-like lure on the snout, and the illicium lacks spinules and has a small lobe-like esca.[4][3] This species occurs in the central eastern Pacific from the central Gulf of California to Ecuador, including the Galapagos Islands.[5] It inhabits depths between 0 and 38 m, typically in small crevices on rocky reefs.[5]

The pectoral fins are limb-like, featuring an elbow-shaped joint and a wide attachment to the body.[3] Small, circular gill openings are situated beneath and behind the pectoral fin's base.[3]

What the specialist sources record

The World Register of Marine Species lists the species as Antennatus strigatus (Gill, 1863), accepted within family Antennariidae, order Lophiiformes.[2] GBIF records 116 occurrence records for this taxon as of October 2026.[6] According to the Shorefishes of the Eastern Pacific account, the fish's color is yellowish to pinkish red with dark brown to blackish reticulations and marbling, and sometimes it is nearly entirely creamy yellow.[7]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Antennatus strigatus" (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. World Register of Marine Species, Antennatus strigatus (AphiaID 279164). CC BY 4.0. marinespecies.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Antennatus strigatus" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Species: Antennatus strigatus, Bandtail frogfish", Shorefishes of the Eastern Pacific online information system; (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Antennatus strigatus" (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
  5. Wikipedia, "Antennatus strigatus" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Iwamoto, T., "Antennatus strigatus", 2010; (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence index, Antennatus strigatus (taxon key 2414500). CC BY 4.0 (backbone); counts are facts. gbif.org
  7. "Species: Antennatus strigatus, Bandtail frogfish", Shorefishes of the Eastern Pacific online information system. facts only, no text reused. biogeodb.stri.si.edu

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Antennatus strigatus (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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1. In what year was Antennatus strigatus first scientifically described?

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2. Who first scientifically described the Antennatus strigatus?

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3. To which biological family does the Antennatus strigatus belong?

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Sources

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