Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11 - 14; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 6 - 10. Diagnosis: body short and globose; mouth large with many small, villiform teeth; skin rough, covered with bifurcate dermal spinules; pectoral-fin lobes attached to sides of body; illicium nearly twice as long as second dorsal-fin spine (Ref. 57225).

Common Names

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Peixe-pescador , Creole, Portuguese , Cape Verde

豹紋躄魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

豹纹躄鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Sapo-malhado , Portuguese , Cape Verde

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Lophiiformes

Family: Antennariidae

Genus: Antennarius

Species: Antennarius pardalis (Valenciennes, 1837)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Eastern Atlantic: Senegal to Congo (Ref. 3585, 57225), including the Cape Verde (Ref. 3585).

Biology

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Inhabits coastal waters (Ref. 26999). Occurs in marine or brackish water (Ref. 97225). Feeds on fish and shrimps (Ref. 28587).

Habitat

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brackish