Antennatus drombus

Antennatus drombus (freckled frogfish) is a fish of the family Antennariidae, found in the Hawaiian Islands. It grows to 12 cm (4.7 in) in total length.

Freckled frogfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Lophiiformes
Family: Antennariidae
Genus: Antennatus
Species:
A. drombus
Binomial name
Antennatus drombus
(D.S. Jordan and Evermann, 1903)

Location

Antennatus drombus is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.

Description

Antennatus drombus has a head and body usually mottled red or yellowish to reddish brown, often with numerous small dark blotches. The median and pelvic fins have dark brown to black spots.[1]

Taxonomy

Pietsch and Grobecker (1987) synonymized A. drombus with A. coccineus, but Williams (1989) recognized it as distinct, as did Randall (1996, 2007, 2010). The two species are distinct from each other in the number of pectoral rays, as well as a color of the esca and the abundance of small dark blotches on the body and fins.[2][3][1][4][5]

References
  1. Randall, J.E., 2007. Reef and shore fishes of the Hawaiian Islands. Sea Grant College Program, University of Hawai'i, Honolulu. i-xivb + 1–546.
  2. Pietsch, T. W. and D. B. Grobecker 1987. Frogfishes of the world: Systematics, zoogeography, and behavioral ecology. Stanford University Press. i–xxii + 1–420, Pls. 1–56.
  3. Williams, Jeffrey T. 1989. "Book review of: Frogfishes of the World, by T. W. Pietsch and D. B. Grobecker" National Geographic Research. ( ).. 5 (3):277–280.
  4. Randall, J.E. 1996. Shore fishes of Hawaii. Natural World Press, Vida, Oregon.
  5. Randall, J.E. 2010. Shore Fishes of Hawaii (Revised Edition). University of Hawaii Press. Honolulu.


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