Species Antennatus tuberosus (Cuvier, 1817)

Museums

Regional Maps

External Links

• Chironectes tuberosus Cuvier, G.L. 1817. Sur le genre Chironectes Cuv. (Antennarius Commerson). Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 3: 418-435 pls 16-18 [432].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MNHN 1104, Mauritius.
  Paralectotype(s) MNHN 182 2 specimens.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Pietsch, T.W., Bauchot, M.-L. & Desoutter, M. 1986. Catalogue critique des types de poissons du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. (Suite) Ordre des Lophiiformes. Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. Section A, Zoologie, biologie et écologie animale [Paris, published 1979-1996] 8(4 suppl.): 131-156 [141].

 

Generic Combinations

• Antennatus tuberosus (Cuvier, 1817). —
  Arnold, R.J. & Pietsch, T.W. 2012. Evolutionary history of frogfishes (Teleostei: Lophiiformes: Antennariidae): A molecular approach. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 62: 117-129 [128]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Great Detached Reef, QLD (11°43'S), records from Western Australia reported by Whitley (1964) and McCulloch (1929) have not been substantuated; tropical, Indo-west-central Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, coral reef, inshore.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth range: 0-73 m.

 

General References

Allen, G.R., Cross, N.J., Bray, D.J. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Antennariidae. pp. 637-646 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [641]

Pietsch, T.W. 1984. The genera of frogfishes (family Antennariidae). Copeia 1984(1): 27-44 fig. 1 [37]

Pietsch, T.W. 1999. Families Antennariidae, Tetrabrachiidae, Lophichthyidae. pp. 2013-2019 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1397-2068. [2015]

Pietsch, T.W. & Grobecker, D.B. 1987. Frogfishes of the World: Systematics, Zoogeography, and Behavioral Ecology. Palo Alto : Stanford University Press 420 pp. [192]

Randall, J.E. 2005. Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press 707 pp. [73]

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs. [55]

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 557 pp. figs. [55]

 

Common Name References

Randall, J.E. 2005. Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press 707 pp. [73] (Reticulated Frogfish)

Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs. [55] (Tuberculated Anglerfish)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Tuberculate Anglerfish)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
25-Jun-2015	LOPHIIFORMES	04-May-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED