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Teleostei (teleosts) > Lophiiformes (Anglerfishes) > Antennariidae (Frogfishes)
Etymology: Antennarius: From Latin, antenna, antemna = sensory organ (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Schultz.

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Marine; reef-associated; depth range 6 - 73 m (Ref. 9710). Tropical

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Western Atlantic: Bahamas, off Belize, Colombia, Bermuda, Puerto Rico, Antigua, Tortugas and off the Atlantic coast of Florida.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.3 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 7251)

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Pair of elongate fleshy tabs near tip of 2nd dorsal spine. Only one with the illicium shorter than 2nd dorsal spine.
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep.

Occurs mainly near patches of reef and rock. Relatively uncommon (Ref. 9710). Smallest frogfish in the western Atlantic (Ref. 26938).

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Oviparous.

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Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 29 January 2013

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Fisheries: subsistence fisheries

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 23.7 - 28, mean 26.6 °C (based on 288 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5002 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02630 (0.01029 - 0.06725), b=2.96 (2.73 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.6 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Fec assumed to be > 10,000).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Nutrients (Ref. 124155): Calcium = 95.2 [39.0, 191.4] mg/100g; Iron = 0.713 [0.344, 1.429] mg/100g; Protein = 18.4 [15.8, 21.7] %; Omega3 = 0.144 [0.048, 0.383] g/100g; Selenium = 19.2 [6.9, 53.5] μg/100g; VitaminA = 418 [88, 1,966] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.41 [0.82, 2.40] mg/100g (wet weight);

Antennarius pauciradiatus Schultz, 1957