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The frogfish family, Antennariidae, was first proposed as a family in 1822 by the Polish zoologist Feliks Paweł Jarocki. [1] The 5th edition of the Fishes of the World recognises 13 genera within the family but no subfamilies. [2]
Members of the genus Lophius, also sometimes called monkfish, fishing-frogs, frog-fish, and sea-devils, are various species of lophiid anglerfishes found in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Lophius is known as the "monk" or "monkfish" to the North Sea and North Atlantic fishermen, a name which also belongs to Squatina squatina , the angelshark ...
The longlure frogfish (Antennarius multiocellatus), also known as the flagpole frogfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Antennariidae, the frogfishes. This species is found in the western Atlantic. The longlure frogfish mimics its background habitat of sponges.
The sargassum fish, anglerfish, or frog fish (Histrio histrio) [4] is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Antennariidae, the frogfishes, the only species in the genus Histrio. It lives among Sargassum seaweed which floats in subtropical oceans . [ 5 ]
Lophius piscatorius, commonly known as the anglerfish, [5] frog fish, [5] fishing frog, [5] monk, ... or devil fish, [6] is a monkfish in the family Lophiidae.
The only waters these fish are not found in are the Mediterranean and the Arctic. [8] Williams (1989) and Arnold and Pietsch (2012), however, considered Antennarius striatus a species complex, and the putative synonym Antennarius scaber is apparently a distinct species from A. striatus in having a bifid esca and 11–12 pectoral rays. [9] [10] [11]
NOAA's Okeanos Explorer team recently spotted a strange fish with legs during its deep sea mission. Known generally as a frog fish and specifically as a Chaunax, the underwater creature has ...
The Commerson's frogfish changes its colour through a range of hues, and uses its pelvic fins to walk on the bottom and keep a stable position for ambush. Commerson's frogfish or the giant frogfish, Antennarius commerson, is a species of euryhaline ray-finned fish belonging to the family Antennariidae, the frogfishes.