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Nudiantennarius

A monospecific frogfish genus with nearly naked skin and a deepwater habitat.

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Nudiantennarius

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Its only species is Nudiantennarius subteres, which was originally described as Antennarius subteres in 1912.[1] The genus name combines nudus ("naked") with Antennarius, referring to the nearly bare skin of these fishes.[2]

Scientific classification

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassActinopterygii
  4. DivisionTeleostei
  5. OrderLophiiformes
  6. FamilyAntennariidae
  7. GenusNudiantennarius
  8. SpeciesNudiantennarius subteres

Named by (H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912)

Sources: Wikipedia taxobox: Nudiantennarius (CC BY-SA 4.0) · order, family and genus agree with WoRMS AphiaID 281799 (CC BY 4.0)

Where the nudiantennarius has been recorded

Where the nudiantennarius has been recorded11 mapped locations from 43 GBIF occurrence records; marked places: LembehLembeh

Each dot is a place where the species has been observed and reported (43 records, half-degree grid) — not a modelled range. 1 inland record left out (institution coordinates).

Map: drawn by Codexery. Data: GBIF occurrence search (records CC0 / CC BY) · Natural Earth basemap (public domain) · place coordinates: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Biology and range

It inhabits depths between 3 and 128 meters.[3] The illicium (first dorsal spine) is about half the length of the unusually long second dorsal spine.[4][5] The skin appears naked due to a reduced number of bifurcate dermal spinules.[4][5] The Western Pacific distribution of Nudiantennarius subteres includes the Philippines, Indonesia, and waters off Japan.[3]

Brown or black sand, silt, and mud are the typical substrates where this species is found.[6] Occasional sightings occur on pier pilings, and seaweed patches are a rare habitat for this fish.[6] Egg-laying reproduction characterizes this species.[6] The greatest recorded standard length for this species is 7.5 cm.[4]

What the specialist sources record

The frogfish.ch account notes that this species was long known to divers as the "Lembeh Frogfish" before its scientific identification.[5] A 2017 paper by Pietsch and Arnold identified and redescribed it as Nudiantennarius subteres.[5] The same source states that when first discovered in 1912, the species was thought to live only in deep water (60–90 m).[5] The frogfish.ch account reports that Nudiantennarius is closely related to Histrio histrio, the sargassum fish.[5]

GBIF holds 48 occurrence records for Nudiantennarius subteres as of October 2026.[7] The WoRMS database lists this species as accepted within the family Antennariidae, order Lophiiformes.[8]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Nudiantennarius" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: ; ; Theodore W. Pietsch, "The "Lembeh Frogfish" Identified: Redescription of Nudiantennarius subteres (Smith and Radcliffe, in ) (Teleostei: Lophiiformes: Antennariidae)", Copeia, 2017, p. 657–663; pskhun, "[Ichthyology • 2017] The "Lembeh Frogfish" Identified: Redescription of Nudiantennarius subteres (Smith and Radcliffe, in Radcliffe, 1912) (Lophiiformes: Antennariidae)", Species New to Science, 10 November 2017; Arnold, R. J., "A new genus and species of the frogfish family Antennariidae (Teleostei: Lophiiformes: Antennarioidei) fro en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Nudiantennarius" (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
  3. Wikipedia, "Nudiantennarius" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Nudiantennarius subteres", www.frogfish.ch (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Nudiantennarius" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: ; "Nudiantennarius subteres", www.frogfish.ch; (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  5. "Nudiantennarius subteres", www.frogfish.ch. facts only, no text reused. frogfish.ch
  6. Wikipedia, "Nudiantennarius" (CC BY-SA 4.0) en.wikipedia.org
  7. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence index, Nudiantennarius subteres (taxon key 2414684). CC BY 4.0 (backbone); counts are facts. gbif.org
  8. World Register of Marine Species, Nudiantennarius subteres (AphiaID 281799). CC BY 4.0. marinespecies.org

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Nudiantennarius (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 Nudiantennarius belong?

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2. In what year was Nudiantennarius first scientifically described?

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3. Who first scientifically described the Nudiantennarius?

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Sources

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