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Antennarius commerson (Lacepède, 1798)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Lophiiformes
family
Antennariidae
genus
Antennarius
species
Antennarius commerson

Name

Synonyms
Antennarius bivertex Commerson, 1798
Antennarius caudimaculatus (Rüppell, 1838)
Antennarius commerson (Latreille, 1804)
Antennarius commersonii (Cuvier, 1817)
Antennarius commersonii (Latreille, 1804)
Antennarius commersonii (Shaw, 1804)
Antennarius commersonii var. cantoris Günther, 1861
Antennarius commersonii var. museibritannici Günther, 1861
Antennarius goramensis Bleeker, 1864
Antennarius lateralis Tanaka, 1917
Antennarius lutescens Seale, 1906
Antennarius moluccensis Bleeker, 1855
Antennarius rubrofuscus (Garrett, 1863)
Antennatus commerson (Latreille, 1804)
Chironectes caudimaculatus Rüppell, 1838
Chironectes commersonii Cuvier, 1817
Chironectes rubrofuscus Garrett, 1863
Lophie commerson Lacepède, 1798
Lophiocharon goramensis (Bleeker, 1864)
Lophius commerson Lacepède, 1798
Homonyms
Antennarius commerson (Latreille, 1804)
Antennarius commerson (Lacepède, 1798)
Common names
Black Angler in English
Commerson's Frogfish in English
Commerson's frogfish in English
Giant Anglerfish in English
Giant Frogfish in English
nohu in Tahitian
オオモンカエルアンコウ in Japanese
オオモンカエルアンコウ in Japanese
Giant Frogfish in English
Black Angler in English
Commerson's Frogfish in English
Giant Anglerfish in English
オオモンカエルアンコウ in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  2. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
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