Ecognosis
Login

Login to Ecognosis.org

Antennarius striatus (Shaw, 1794)

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11 - 12; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 7. 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 at most as long as second dorsal-fin spine; head, body and fins entirely covered with rough, parallel, dark streaks (Ref. 57225).

Common Names

  • Streep-hengelaar , Afrikaans , South Africa
  • 雜躄魚 , Cantonese , Hong Kong
  • Bantol , Cebuano , Philippines
  • Bantol noog-noog , Cebuano , Philippines
  • Noog-noog , Cebuano , Philippines
  • Laffe cinq doigts , Creole, French , Mauritius
  • Stribet tudsefisk , Danish , Denmark
  • Black angler , English , USA
  • Blotched anglerfish , English , Australia
  • Spitlure frogfish , English , Bahamas
  • Splitlure frogfish , English , USA
  • Splitlure frogfish , English , Puerto Rico
  • Striate anglerfish , English , Australia
  • Striated frogfish , English , USA
  • Striated frogfish , English , Hawaii
  • Striated Frogfish , English , Cuba
  • Striated frogfish , English , Global
  • Striated frogfish , English , Malaysia
  • Striated frogfish , English , Papua New Guinea
  • Striated frogfish , English , St Helena
  • Striated frogfish , English , UK
  • Striped angler , English , Australia
  • Striped angler , English , New Zealand
  • Striped angler , English , South Africa
  • Striped anglerfish , English , Australia
  • Striped anglerfish , English , Indonesia
  • Striped frogfish , English , Japan
  • Toadfish , English , Malaysia
  • Triibuline klounkala , Estonian , Estonia
  • Vöödiline tundelkala , Estonian , Estonia
  • Tokoklo , Fon GBE , Benin
  • Buchi-izariuo , Japanese , Japan
  • Izariuo , Japanese , Japan
  • Karasu-izariuo , Japanese , Japan
  • Kuro-izariuo , Japanese , Japan
  • Shima-izariuo , Japanese , Japan
  • Ppal-gan-ssin-beng-i , Korean , Korea (South)
  • 빨간씬벵이 , Korean , Korea (South)
  • Kelalawar , Malay , Malaysia
  • Kertatok , Malay , Malaysia
  • Lepu , Malay , Malaysia
  • Lepu belang , Malay , Malaysia
  • Sān chĭ bì yú , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 三齒蟾躄魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 三齒躄魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 三齿蟾躄鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 三齿躄鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 带纹躄鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 帶紋躄魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 杂躄鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 条纹蟾躄鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 条纹躄鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 條紋蟾躄魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 條紋躄魚 , Mandarin Chinese , Taiwan/Ch Taipei
  • 灰蟾躄魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 灰蟾躄鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 雜躄魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 黑躄魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 黑躄鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Peixe-pescador , Portuguese (Latin) , Brazil
  • Peixe-sapo , Portuguese (Latin) , Brazil
  • Guaperva , Portuguese (Tupi) , Brazil
  • Čopasta sargasovka , Slovene , Slovenia
  • Pescador , Spanish , Cuba
  • Ranisapo estriado , Spanish , Spain
  • Ranisapo estriado , Spanish , Mexico
  • Cá Lưỡi dong , Vietnamese , Viet Nam
  • Cá Luoi Vong , Vietnamese , Viet Nam

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Lophiiformes

    Family: Antennariidae

    Genus: Antennarius

    Species: Antennarius striatus (Shaw, 1794)

    Climate Zone

  • Subtropical

    • Location

  • Eastern Atlantic: off the African coast, from Senegal to Southwest Africa, with a single record from St. Helena. Western Atlantic: off the coast of New Jersey (USA), Bermuda, Bahamas, Gulf of Mexico and throughout the island groups of the Caribbean to the southernmost coast of Brazil. Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and the East African coast to the Society and Hawaiian islands, north to Japan, south to Australia and New Zealand. Not in Eastern Pacific (Ref. 123477 ver. 09Nov2021).

    • Biology

    Inhabit rocky and coral reefs, on rocks, sand or rubble (Ref. 9710). Found in weedy estuaries along the east coast of southern Africa (Ref. 4113). Occurring in marine or brackish waters (Ref. 57225). In the Atlantic, it is found at an average depth of 40 m (Ref. 5288). Benthic (Ref. 58302). Observed to inflate itself greatly like the puffers (Ref. 5521). Oviparous. Males have more intense coloration and extended cutaneous appendages than females (Ref. 205). Eggs are bound in ribbon-like sheath or mass of gelatinous mucus called 'egg raft' or 'veil' (Ref. 6773).

    Habitat

    brackish