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Antennatus tuberosus

Bandfin Frogfish

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Bandfin Frogfish, Pygmy Frogfish, Pygmy Angler, Reticulated Frogfish, Tuberculated Frogfish

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Pitcairn, Hawai‘i; n. to Philippines; s. to Cooks.

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; Marine, near-shore, Coral reef

KEY FEATURES: A small unusual fish to 7cm SL. Almost spherical. Colour highly variable, very pale to yellowish-orange. Dark band on tail distinctive; in darker forms blotches on body connected by a dark open lattice-work of lines. No expansion on tip of fishing pole

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea:
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN

Northern Group:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Scientific Taxonomy

Antennatus tuberosus (Cuvier, 1817)
SYNONYMS: Chironectes tuberosus [O]; Antennarius tuberosus

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; OSTEICHTHYES; Lophiiformes; Antennarioidei; ANTENNARIIDAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Cooks: Pietsch & Grobecker 1987 Frogfishes of the World. Stanford Uni Press, California.

References:
text p.69 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.55 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.88 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 11-10 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes

Data Update History (information):
zB02, zD02

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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