Antennatus
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| Antennatus | |
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| Antennatus tuberosus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Lophiiformes |
| Family: | Antennariidae |
| Subfamily: | Antennariinae |
| Genus: | Antennatus L. P. Schultz, 1957 |
| Type species | |
| Antennarius strigatus | |
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Antennatus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Antennariidae, the frogfishes. The fishes in this genus are found the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Antennatus was first proposed as a genus in 1957 by the American ichthyologist Leonard Peter Schultz with Antennarius strigatus designated as the type species.[1] A. strigatus was originally described in 1863 by Theodore Gill with its type locality given as Cape San Lucas in Baja California.[2] Some authorities classify this genus in the subfamily Antennariinae within the family Antennariidae.[3] However, the 5th edition of Fishes of the World does not recognise subfamilies within the Antennariidae, classifying the family within the suborder Antennarioidei within the order Lophiiformes, the anglerfishes.[4]
Etymology
Species
Antennatus currently has four recognised species classified within it:[6]
- Antennatus flagellatus Ohnishi, Iwata & Hiramatsu, 1997 (Whip frogfish)
- Antennatus linearis J. E. Randall & Holcom, 2001 (Pygmy Anglerfish)
- Antennatus strigatus (T. N. Gill, 1863) (Bandtail frogfish)
- Antennatus tuberosus (G. Cuvier, 1817) (Tuberculated frogfish)