- Frogfish
Taxobox
name = Frogfish
image_caption =Striated frogfish , "Antennarius striatus"
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Actinopterygii
ordo =Lophiiformes
familia = Antennariidae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision ="Allenichthys " "Antennarius " "Antennatus " "Echinophryne " "Histiophryne " "Histrio " "Kuiterichthys " "Lophiocharon " "Nudiantennarius " "Phyllophryne " "Rhycherus " "Tathicarpus " See text for species.Frogfish are a family, Antennariidae, of
anglerfish . They are found in tropical and subtropical oceans and seas around the world. [FishBase family | family = Antennariidae | year = 2006 | month = February]to attract prey. The lure consists of the illicium (the spine) and the esca (the bait). What makes frogfish so unique is that unlike other fish they lack the ability to conventionally swim, instead it "walks" on its fins, crawling along the sea floor.
The
sargassumfish , "Histrio histrio", is unique among frogfish in that it is endemic to and clings on floating "Sargassum " weed. [cite web | url = http://tolweb.org/Antennariidae/21993 | title = Antennariidae | author = Theodore W. Pietsch | publisher = Tree of Life web project | year = 2005 | accessdate = 4 April | accessyear = 2006]pecies
There are 45 species in twelve genera:
* Genus "Allenichthys "
**Glauert's anglerfish , "Allenichthys glauerti " (Whitley, 1944).
* Genus "Antennarius "
**Tail-jet frogfish , "Antennarius analis " (Schultz, 1957).
**Roughbar frogfish , "Antennarius avalonis " Jordan & Starks, 1907.
**Island frogfish , "Antennarius bermudensis " Schultz, 1957.
**Brackishwater frogfish , "Antennarius biocellatus " (Cuvier, 1817).
**Scarlet frogfish , "Antennarius coccineus " (Lesson, 1831).
**Commerson's frogfish , "Antennarius commerson " (Latreille, 1804).
**New Guinean frogfish , "Antennarius dorehensis " Bleeker, 1859.
**Side-jet frogfish , "Antennarius duescus " Snyder, 1904.
**Shaggy angler , "Antennarius hispidus " (Bloch & Schneider, 1801).
**Indian frogfish , "Antennarius indicus " Schultz, 1964.
**Warty frogfish , "Antennarius maculatus " (Desjardins, 1840).
**Longlure frogfish , "Antennarius multiocellatus " (Valenciennes, 1837).
**Spotfin frogfish , "Antennarius nummifer " (Cuvier, 1817).
**Ocellated frogfish , "Antennarius ocellatus " (Bloch & Schneider, 1801).
** "Antennarius pardalis " (Valenciennes, 1837).
**Dwarf frogfish , "Antennarius pauciradiatus " Schultz, 1957.
**Painted frogfish , "Antennarius pictus " (Valenciennes, 1837).
**Singlespot frogfish , "Antennarius radiosus " Garman, 1896.
**Randall's frogfish , "Antennarius randalli " Allen, 1970.
**Spiny-tufted frogfish , "Antennarius rosaceus " Smith & Radcliffe, 1912.
**Bloody frogfish , "Antennarius sanguineus " Gill, 1863.
**Calico frogfish , "Antennarius sarasa " Tanaka, 1916.
** "Antennarius scriptissimus " Jordan, 1902.
**Senegalese frogfish , "Antennarius senegalensis " Cadenat, 1959.
**Striated frogfish , "Antennarius striatus " (Shaw, 1794).
* Genus "Antennatus "
** "Antennatus flagellatus " Ohnishi, Iwata & Hiramatsu, 1997.
** "Antennatus linearis " Randall & Holcom, 2001.
**Bandtail frogfish , "Antennatus strigatus " (Gill, 1863).
**Tuberculated frogfish , "Antennatus tuberosus " (Cuvier, 1817).
* Genus "Echinophryne "
** Prickly anglerfish, "Echinophryne crassispina " McCulloch & Waite, 1918.
**Long-spined anglerfish , "Echinophryne mitchellii " (Morton, 1897).
** "Echinophryne reynoldsi " Pietsch & Kuiter, 1984.
* Genus "Histiophryne "
** "Histiophryne bougainvilli " (Valenciennes, 1837).
**Cryptic anglerfish , "Histiophryne cryptacanthus " (Weber, 1913).
* Genus "Histrio "
**Sargassumfish , "Histrio histrio " (Linnaeus, 1758).
* Genus "Kuiterichthys "
**Rough anglerfish , "Kuiterichthys furcipilis " (Cuvier, 1817).
* Genus "Lophiocharon "
**Marble-mouthed frogfish , "Lophiocharon lithinostomus " (Jordan & Richardson, 1908).
**Three-spot frogfish , "Lophiocharon trisignatus " (Richardson, 1844).
**Common name unknown , "Lophiocharon hutchinsi " (TW Pietsch , 2004)
* Genus "Nudiantennarius "
**Deepwater frogfish , "Nudiantennarius subteres " (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912).
* Genus "Phyllophryne "
**Smooth anglerfish , "Phyllophryne scortea " (McCulloch & Waite, 1918).
* Genus "Rhycherus "
**Tasselled anglerfish , "Rhycherus filamentosus " (Castelnau, 1872).
** "Rhycherus gloveri " Pietsch, 1984.
* Genus "Tathicarpus "
**Butler's frogfish , "Tathicarpus butleri " Ogilby, 1907.josh weiss frogfishThe frogfish is known to have the fastest movement in the animal kingdom with a bite that has been photographed at high speed to take only 1/6000 of a second.Gallery
External links
* [http://www.tolweb.org/Antennariidae/21993 Tree of Life - Antennariidae]
* [http://filaman.uni-kiel.de/Summary/FamilySummary.cfm?ID=192 Frogfishes in Fishbase]
* [http://www.starfish.ch/frogfish/Frogfish.html Information about all the frogfish-species with photos and illustrations]
* [http://www.waterworxbali.com/anglerfish-frogfish.shtml Antennariidae photo gallery from Bali]References
* Pietsch and Grobecker, 1987. Frogfishes of the World. Stanford University Press.
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