Antennatus linearis, Pygmy anglerfish

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Antennatus linearis Randall & Holcom, 2001

Pygmy anglerfish
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> Lophiiformes (Anglerfishes) > Antennariidae (Frogfishes)
Etymology: Antennatus: From Latin, antenna, antemna = sensory organ, that has got antennae (Ref. 45335);  linearis: Named in reference to its unique pattern of lines on the head and body..
More on authors: Randall & Holcom.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

marino demersal; rango de profundidad 4 - 33 m (Ref. 40786). Tropical

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Indo-West Pacific: currently known only from the coast of East Africa from northern Mozambique to Durban; Aldabra and the Comoro Islands in the western Indian Ocean; Molucca Islands in Indonesia and the Hawaiian Islands.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.5 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 48635)

Short description Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total): 3; Radios blandos dorsales (total): 12-13; Radios blandos anales: 7; Vértebra: 18. Short caudal peduncle present; illicium lacks a distinct esca, its length 1.4-2.0 times length of second dorsal spine; second dorsal spine tapering, 10.2-13.4% SL; light brown with two sets of numerous, parallel, curving, dark brown lines, one on body extending downward and posteriorly, then curving forward on abdomen, the other on head curving upward and posteriorly from chin; large, obscure, blackish blotches sometimes present on body.

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Secretive on shallow coastal reefs. Among rocky boulders or under large coral rubble pieces (Ref. 48635). Benthic (Ref. 58302).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

Oviparous.

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Randall, J.E. and R.R. Holcom, 2001. Antennatus linearis, a new Indo-Pacific species of frogfish (Lophiiformes: Antennariidae). Pac. Sci. 55(2):137-144. (Ref. 40786)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 23.9 - 29.3, mean 27.5 °C (based on 1552 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5002   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01995 (0.00906 - 0.04395), b=3.01 (2.83 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  3.7   ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Ref. 120179):  Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Fec assumed to be > 10,000).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).