Nudiantennarius
Nudiantennarius subteres, the deep-water frogfish, is a species of frogfish found in the Pacific Ocean around the Philippines and Indonesia. They occur at depths of 64 to 90 metres (210 to 295 ft). This species grows to a length of 7.5 centimetres (3.0 in) SL. The species is monotypic, the only one in its genus. It is characterized as having naked skin with dermal spinules partially covering the head between the second and third dorsal spine; without a posterior membrane connected with the head.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Lophiiformes |
| Family: | Antennariidae |
| Genus: | Nudiantennarius L. P. Schultz, 1957 |
| Species: | N. subteres |
| Binomial name | |
| Nudiantennarius subteres H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912 | |
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Nudiantennarius subteres" in FishBase. April 2012 version.
- Pietsch, T. W., & Arnold, R. J. (2017). The “Lembeh Frogfish” Identified: Redescription of Nudiantennarius subteres (Smith and Radcliffe, in Radcliffe, 1912) (Teleostei: Lophiiformes: Antennariidae). Copeia, 105(4), 657–663. https://doi.org/10.1643/CI-17-651
- Pietsch, T. W. (1984). The Genera of Frogfishes (Family Antennariidae). Copeia, 1984(1), 27–44. https://doi.org/10.2307/1445032
- Pietsch, T. W., & Arnold, R. J. (2020). Frogfishes: Biodiversity, zoogeography, and behavioral ecology. Johns Hopkins University Press.
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