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Antennarius nummifer (Cuvier, 1817)

126530  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126530)

 unaccepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Chironectes nummifer Cuvier, 1817) Cuvier, G. (1817). Sur le genre Chironectes Cuv. (Antennarius Commers). Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. v. 3: 418-435, Pls. 16-18.
page(s): 430, Pl. 17 (fig. 4) [details] 
Description Inhabits intertidal zone to depths of at least 25 m on both lagoon and seaward reefs. May be taken anywhere from the...  
Description Inhabits intertidal zone to depths of at least 25 m on both lagoon and seaward reefs. May be taken anywhere from the surface to approximately 176 m in the Indo-Pacific area, average depth of known captures at 19 m. Those from Eastern Atlantic at deeper waters, between 44 and 293 m, average depth of 107 m. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Antennarius nummifer (Cuvier, 1817). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126530 on 2025-04-07
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed
2013-01-08 14:26:18Z
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2023-01-11 08:59:53Z
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Nomenclature

original description (of Chironectes nummifer Cuvier, 1817) Cuvier, G. (1817). Sur le genre Chironectes Cuv. (Antennarius Commers). Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. v. 3: 418-435, Pls. 16-18.
page(s): 430, Pl. 17 (fig. 4) [details] 

basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

Other

additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554. [details] 

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

 
EMODnet BathymetrySource: EMODnet Bathymetry
Countries
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 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Description Inhabits intertidal zone to depths of at least 25 m on both lagoon and seaward reefs. May be taken anywhere from the surface to approximately 176 m in the Indo-Pacific area, average depth of known captures at 19 m. Those from Eastern Atlantic at deeper waters, between 44 and 293 m, average depth of 107 m. [details]
LanguageName 
English spotfin frogfish  [details]
Japanese ベニカエルアンコウ  [details]
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