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Fowlerichthys senegalensis

A mottled brown frogfish with a dark ocellus off West Africa.

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The marine fish Fowlerichthys senegalensis belongs to the order Lophiiformes and the family Antennariidae.[1] Jean Cadenat, a French ichthyologist, originally described this species in 1959 under the name Antennarius senegalensis.[2] The greatest documented standard length for this fish is 28.5 cm.[3]

Scientific classification

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassActinopterygii
  4. DivisionTeleostei
  5. OrderLophiiformes
  6. FamilyAntennariidae
  7. GenusFowlerichthys
  8. SpeciesFowlerichthys senegalensis

Named by (Cadenat, 1959)

Close relatives

Other species of Fowlerichthys with a Codexery entry.

Sources: Wikipedia taxobox: Fowlerichthys senegalensis (CC BY-SA 4.0) · order, family and genus agree with WoRMS AphiaID 318081 (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
2015

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

How big is it?

Size comparison: Fowlerichthys senegalensis and a personA 0.28 m long fowlerichthys senegalensis drawn to scale next to a 1.8 m tall person. Schematic shapes, not a likeness.0.28 m1.8 m

Largest length in the source, 0.28 m, next to a 1.8 m person.

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

Where the fowlerichthys senegalensis has been recorded

Where the fowlerichthys senegalensis has been recorded38 mapped locations from 422 GBIF occurrence records

Each dot is a place where the species has been observed and reported (422 records, half-degree grid) — not a modelled range. 30 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 pectoral fin lobes are connected to the body.[4] This species is found in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean off western Africa from Morocco to Angola, including Cape Verde and the Gulf of Guinea islands.[5] A short, globular body shape, a large mouth, and many small teeth characterize this species.[4] Bifurcate spines densely cover the fish's rough skin.[4]

Living individuals display a mottled brown coloration, and on each side of the body below the dorsal-fin base there is a dark ocellus with a pale margin.[4] Rocky reefs, as well as sandy and muddy areas below the low tide line, at depths from 45 to 115 m, are where this fish is found.[5]

What the specialist sources record

The frogfish website by Teresa Zubi notes that Fowlerichthys senegalensis is practically known only to ichthyologists.[6] A photograph caption from Fernando Duarte reports a specimen caught in Luanda, Angola at about 100 m depth.[6] The Zubi site gives a maximum size of 29 cm and describes the fish as mottled.[6] The genus name Fowlerichthys honors American ichthyologist Henry Weed Fowler.[7]

According to the same source, Fowlerichthys ocellatus is a close relative of this species.[6] Within the suborder Antennarioidei, the genus Fowlerichthys is placed in the family Antennariidae, as stated in the 5th edition of "Fishes of the World".[2][8] The type locality, Senegal, is the origin of the specific name senegalensis, which translates to "of Senegal".[7]

References

  1. World Register of Marine Species, Fowlerichthys senegalensis (AphiaID 318081). CC BY 4.0. marinespecies.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Fowlerichthys senegalensis" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: ; Teresa Zubi, "Fowlerichthys senegalensis", www.frogfish.ch; "Fishes of the World", John Wiley & Sons, 2016, p. 508–518 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Fowlerichthys senegalensis" (CC BY-SA 4.0) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Fowlerichthys senegalensis" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: ; Teresa Zubi, "Fowlerichthys senegalensis", www.frogfish.ch (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Fowlerichthys senegalensis" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Arnold, R., "Fowlerichthys senegalensis", 2015 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Teresa Zubi, "Fowlerichthys senegalensis", www.frogfish.ch. facts only, no text reused. frogfish.ch
  7. Wikipedia, "Fowlerichthys senegalensis" (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
  8. Open Library record, ISBN 9781118342336 ("Fishes of the World"). CC0 (metadata); book content not read. openlibrary.org

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Fowlerichthys senegalensis (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. To which biological family does the Fowlerichthys senegalensis belong?

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