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Antennarius striatus (Shaw, 1794)

Striated frogfish
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Mexico country information

Common names: Ranisapo estriado
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: DNA evidence suggests that A. striatus in the Gulf of Mexico are distinct from those found in Japan or Australia, thus, in the future specimens from this gulf may be called something different (R.Arnold, pers.comm., 03/10)..
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mx.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Pietsch, T.W. and D.B. Grobecker, 1987
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Lophiiformes (Anglerfishes) > Antennariidae (Frogfishes)
Etymology: Antennarius: From Latin, antenna, antemna = sensory organ (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Shaw.

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

Marine; brackish; reef-associated; depth range 10 - 219 m (Ref. 9710), usually ? - 40 m (Ref. 5288).   Subtropical; 43°N - 50°S, 88°W - 154°W (Ref. 57378)

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