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Species in the family or subfamily Antennariidae: [ 161 ] records

albomarginatus, Antennarius Fowler [H. W.] 1945:74, Fig. 19 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 97; ref. 13142] Saipan Island, western Pacific. Holotype (unique): ANSP 71609. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:19 [ref. 13621], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:213 [ref. 38284]. •Synonym of Antennarius dorehensis Bleeker 1859 -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:166 [ref. 20669]). •Synonym of Abantennarius dorehensis (Bleeker 1859) -- (Pietsch & Arnold 2020:213 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Abantennarius dorehensis (Bleeker 1859). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

altipinnis, Antennarius Smith [H. M.] & Radcliffe [L.] in Radcliffe 1912:204, Fig. 3 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 42 (no. 1896); ref. 3577] Nogas Point, Panay, Philippines. Holotype (unique): USNM 70267. Type catalog: Pietsch & Arnold 2020:213 [ref. 38284]. •Valid as Antennarius altipinnis Smith & Radcliffe 1912 -- (Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:103 [ref. 6441]). •Synonym of Antennarius dorehensis Bleeker 1859 -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:166 [ref. 20669]). •Synonym of Abantennarius dorehensis (Bleeker 1859) -- (Pietsch & Arnold 2020:212 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Abantennarius dorehensis (Bleeker 1859). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

analis, Abantennarius Schultz [L. P.] 1957:67, Fig. 2 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 107 (no. 3383); ref. 3969] Waikiki Reef, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype (unique): USNM 164419. Type catalog: Pietsch & Arnold 2020:198 [ref. 38284]. Author is Schultz (see Kon & Yoshino 1999:103 [ref. 24207]). •Valid as Antennarius analis (Schultz 1957) -- (Pietsch 1984:36 [ref. 5380], Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:163 [ref. 20669], Paxton et al. 1989:278 [ref. 12442], Myers 1999:68 [ref. 23965], Kon & Yoshino 1999:100 [ref. 24207], Pietsch 1999:2015 [ref. 24766], Allen 2000:85 [ref. 37268], Nakabo 2000:455 [ref. 25086], Hutchins 2001:22 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:455 [ref. 26001], Randall et al. 2004:8 [ref. 27624] with author as Gosline, Randall 2005:69 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:262 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:638 [ref. 29066], Randall 2007:127 [ref. 30952], Allen & Erdmann 2012:144 [ref. 31980]). •Valid as Antennatus analis (Schultz 1957) -- (Arnold & Pietsch 2012:128 [ref. 31574]). •Valid as Abantennarius analis Schultz 1957 -- (Pietsch & Arnold 2020:198 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Valid as Abantennarius analis Schultz 1957. Antennariidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western and central Pacific: Christmas Island east to Hawaiian Islands and Society Islands, north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to Rowley Shoals (Western Australia). Habitat: marine.

annulatus, Antennarius Gill [T. N.] 1863:91 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 15; ref. 1680] Garden Key, Dry Tortugas, Florida, U.S.A. Holotype (unique): USNM 4849. Type catalog: Pietsch & Arnold 2020:134 [ref. 38284]. •Synonym of Antennarius multiocellatus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:101 [ref. 20669], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:132 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Antennarius multiocellatus (Valenciennes 1837). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

arcticus, Chironectes Düben [M. W. von] & Koren [J.] 1846:72, Pl. 3 (figs. 4-5) [Kongliga Vetenskaps-Academiens Handlingar, Stockholm for 1844; ref. 17420] White Sea, Vardø, Norway. Holotype (unique): ZMUB 430. Type catalog: Frøiland 1979:150 [ref. 21547], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:190 [ref. 38284]. Appeared first and if description is adequate, then this species dates to Düben 1845:111 [ref. 17421] as Lophius arcticus and not as currently cited. •Synonym of Histrio histrio (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:203 [ref. 20669], Pietsch 1990:487 [ref. 15577], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:182 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Histrio histrio (Linnaeus 1758). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

arcticus, Lophius Düben [M. W. von] 1845:111 [Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens förhandlingar, Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademien. v. 1 (1844); ref. 17421] Norway. No types known. Apparently can date to Düben as above (but description not translated), but this description overlooked; described in next year as Chironectes arcticus Düben & Koren 1846:72 [ref. 17420]. •Synonym of Histrio histrio (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Monod & Le Danois 1973:662 [ref. 7223], Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:203 [ref. 20669], Lindberg et al. 1997:223 [ref. 23547] as anticus). Current status: Synonym of Histrio histrio (Linnaeus 1758). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

argus, Antennarius Poey [F.] 2000:606, Pl. 331 (fig. 3) [Ictiologia Cubana. Posthumous transcription of original unpublished manuscript (1884) by M. Sánchez Roig and F. Gómez de la Maza v. 1-3; ref. 26366] Not available; not explicitly proposed as new [see Art. 16.1 of the Code]. Posthumous publication. Figured specimen listed as type. Antennariidae.

argus, Antennarius Fowler [H. W.] 1903:172, Pl. 8 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 55; ref. 1360] Zanzibar Island, Tanzania, western Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): ANSP 24208. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:19 [ref. 13621], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:149 [ref. 38284]. •Synonym of Antennarius pictus (Shaw 1794) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:81 [ref. 20669], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:148 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Antennarius pictus (Shaw 1794). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

astroscopus, Antennarius Nichols [J. T.] 1912:109, Fig. 1 [Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History v. 31 (art. 11); ref. 14851] Barbados, West Indies. Holotype (unique): AMNH 3315. Type catalog: Pietsch & Arnold 2020:134 [ref. 38284]. •Synonym of Antennarius multiocellatus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:102 [ref. 20669], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:134 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Antennarius multiocellatus (Valenciennes 1837). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

atra, Phrynelox Schultz [L. P.] 1957:76, Fig. 4 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 107 (no. 3383); ref. 3969] Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Holotype: FMNH 21705. Paratypes: FMNH 21704 (1), USNM 164245 (1). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:65 [ref. 12367], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:103 [ref. 38284]. •Synonym of Antennarius striatus (Shaw 1794) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:60 [ref. 20669], Pietsch 1990:484 [ref. 15577], Lindberg et al. 1997:218 [ref. 23547], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:101 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Antennarius striatus (Shaw 1794). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

avalonis, Antennarius Jordan [D. S.] & Starks [E. C.] 1907:76, Fig. 8 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 32 (no. 1510); ref. 10667] Santa Catalina Island, off southern California, U.S.A. (possibly in error). Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 9979. Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:147 [ref. 12291], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:51 [ref. 38284]. •Valid as Antennarius avalonis Jordan & Starks 1907 -- (Hiyama in Kumada 1937:62 [ref. 39147], Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:112 [ref. 9277], Pietsch 1984:36 [ref. 5380], Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:125 [ref. 20669] with comment on locality, Allen & Robertson 1994:82 [ref. 22193], Bussing & López S. 1994:68 [ref. 23101], Schneider & Lavenberg in Fischer et al. 1995:856 [ref. 22829], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:52 [ref. 24545], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:234 [ref. 24023], Watson 1998:219 [ref. 23634], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:221 [ref. 24555], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:160 [ref. 25013], Thomson et al. 2000:55 [ref. 25640], Nelson et al. 2004:95 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:58 [ref. 37547], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:199 [ref. 28944], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:190 [ref. 30957]). •Valid as Fowlerichthys avalonis (Jordan & Starks 1901) -- (Arnold & Pietsch 2012:128 [ref. 31574], Page et al. 2013:97 [ref. 32708], Palacios-Salgado et al. 2014:237 [ref. 36362], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:607 [ref. 34923], Kells et al. 2016:114 [ref. 35888], Robertson et al. 2017:65 [ref. 35676], Sánchez-Jiménez et al. 2018:6 [ref. 36248], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:50 [ref. 38284], Love et al. 2021:87 [ref. 39279], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:421 [ref. 40816]). Current status: Valid as Fowlerichthys avalonis (Jordan & Starks 1907). Antennariidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: southern California (U.S.A.) south to Peru, including Gulf of California (Mexico), Cocos Island (Costa Rica) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: marine.

barbatulus, Chironectes Eydoux [J. F. T.] & Souleyet [F. A.] 1850:184, Pl. 5 (fig. 1) [Voyage autour du monde; ref. 4501] No locality. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-4596. Type catalog: Pietsch et al. 1987:138 [ref. 6339], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:190 [ref. 38284]. Spelled barbatulatus on p. 72. •Synonym of Histrio histrio (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Monod & Le Danois 1973:662 [ref. 7223], Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:203 [ref. 20669], Pietsch 1990:487 [ref. 15577], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:183 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Histrio histrio (Linnaeus 1758). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

bermudensis, Antennarius Schultz [L. P.] 1957:98, Pl. 12 (fig. C) [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 107 (no. 3383); ref. 3969] Hungry Bay, Paget County, Bermuda. Holotype: USNM 50000. Paratypes: FMNH 48862 (1). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:9 [ref. 12367], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:202 [ref. 38284]. •Synonym of Antennarius nummifer (Cuvier 1817) -- (Pietsch in Whitehead et al. 1986:1364 [ref. 13677]). •Valid as Antennarius bermudensis Schultz 1957 -- (Pietsch 1984:36 [ref. 5380], Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:153 [ref. 20669], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:159 [ref. 25013], Pietsch 2003:1051 [ref. 17014]). •Valid as Antennatus bermudensis (Schultz 1957) -- (Arnold & Pietsch 2012:128 [ref. 31574], Smith-Vaniz & Collette 2013:169 [ref. 32953]). •Valid as Abantennarius bermudensis (Schultz 1957) -- (Pietsch & Arnold 2020:201 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Valid as Abantennarius bermudensis (Schultz 1957). Antennariidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Bermuda and Bahamas south to Venezuela, including southern Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. Habitat: marine.

bicornis, Cheironectes Lowe [R. T.] 1839:84 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1839 (pt 7); ref. 2829] Off Madeira, northeastern Atlantic. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1865.6.20.2. Type catalog: Pietsch & Arnold 2020:226 [ref. 38284]. •Synonym of Antennarius nummifer (Cuvier 1817) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:140 [ref. 20669]). •Synonym of Abantennarius nummifer (Cuvier 1817) -- (Pietsch & Arnold 2020:225 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Abantennarius nummifer (Cuvier 1817). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

bigibbus, Antennarius Commerson [P.] in Lacepède 1798:325 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 1; ref. 2708] No locality. No types known. Appeared as "Antennarius bigibbus, nigro et griseo variegatus"; regarded as non-binominal and not available. See ICZN Opinion 89. •Treated as valid as Histiophryne bigibbus (Commerson 1798) -- (Dor 1984:56 [ref. 29757]). •As a nomen dubium in the synonymy of Antennatus tuberosus (Cuvier 1817) -- (Pietsch 1984:37 [ref. 5380]). •Regarded as dated to Günther and a synonym of Antennatus tuberosus (Cuvier 1817) -- (Randall et al. 1990:55 [ref. 15987], Randall 2005:73 [ref. 28239], Randall 2007:131 [ref. 30952]). •Questionably in the synonymy of Antennatus tuberosus (Cuvier 1817) -- (Fricke 1999:108 [ref. 24106]). Current status: Uncertain as Antennatus tuberosus (Cuvier 1817). Antennariidae.

bigibbus, Lophius Latreille [P. A.] 1804:74 [ ref. 17490] Mauritius?, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. No types known. •Nomen dubium, in account of Antennatus tuberosus (Cuvier 1817) -- (Pietsch 1986:369 [ref. 5704], Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:263 [ref. 20669]). •Incertae sedis -- (Pietsch & Arnold 2020:352 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Antennatus tuberosus (Cuvier 1817). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

biocellatus, Chironectes Cuvier [G.] 1817:427, Pl. 17 (fig. 3) [Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris v. 3; ref. 1015] Unknown locality. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-4620. Type catalog: Pietsch et al. 1987:139 [ref. 6339], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:156 [ref. 38284]. •Valid as Antennarius biocellatus (Cuvier 1817) -- (Pietsch 1984:36 [ref. 5380], Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:174 [ref. 20669], Allen 1991:68 [ref. 21090], Kottelat et al. 1993:83 [ref. 23448], Pietsch 1999:2015 [ref. 24766], Pietsch in Randall & Lim 2000:597 [ref. 25122], Allen & Adrim 2003:25 [ref. 26830], Arnold & Pietsch 2012:128 [ref. 31574], Allen & Erdmann 2012:144 [ref. 31980], Kottelat 2013:274 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2014:35 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2019:72 [ref. 36673], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:155 [ref. 38284], Miyamoto et al. 2022:9 [ref. 39428]). Current status: Valid as Antennarius biocellatus (Cuvier 1817). Antennariidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Sumatra (Indonesia) east to Philippines and Papua New Guinea, north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to Solomon Islands. Habitat: marine.

bivertex, Antennarius Commerson [P.] in Lacepède 1798:327, Pl. 1 (fig. 3) [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 1; ref. 2708] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. No types known. Appeared as Antennarius bivertex, totus ater, ...; regarded as non-binominal and not available. See ICZN Opinion 89. •In the synonymy of Antennarius commerson (Anonymous 1798) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:95 [ref. 20669] as commersoni and author as Latreille 1804, Pietsch & Arnold 2020:114 [ref. 38284] with author as Latreille 1804). Current status: Synonym of Antennarius commerson (Anonymous 1798). Antennariidae.

bleekeri, Antennarius pinniceps var. Günther [A.] 1861:190 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 3; ref. 1964] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. No types known. •Synonym of Antennarius striatus (Shaw 1794) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:58 [ref. 20669], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:99 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Antennarius striatus (Shaw 1794). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

calico, Lophius Mitchill [S. L.] 1818:326 [American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review v. 2 (no. 5, art. 1); ref. 30214] New York, U.S.A., from Atlantic. No types known. •Synonym of Histrio histrio (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:201 [ref. 20669], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:181 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Histrio histrio (Linnaeus 1758). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

campylacanthus, Antennarius Bleeker [P.] 1863:28, Pl. 4 (fig. 3) [Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem (Ser. 2) v. 18 (1862); ref. 395] Ashantee, Guinea. Holotype (unique): RMNH 2098. Type catalog: Pietsch & Arnold 2020:142 [ref. 38284]. •Synonym of Antennarius pardalis (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:107 [ref. 20669], Pietsch 1990:481 [ref. 15577], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:141 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Antennarius pardalis (Valenciennes 1837). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

cantoris, Antennarius commersonii var. Günther [A.] 1861:193 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 3; ref. 1964] Singapore. No types known. •Status uncertain -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:263 [ref. 20669], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:353 [ref. 38284]). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

caudimaculatus, Chironectes Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1838:141, Pl. 33 (fig. 2) [Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 3844] El-Tor, Sinai coast, Egypt, Gulf of Suez, Red Sea. Holotype (unique): SMF 6783 (dry). Type catalog: Pietsch & Arnold 2020:117 [ref. 38284]. •Valid as Antennarius caudimaculatus (Rüppell 1838) -- (Dor 1984:55 [ref. 29757], Goren & Dor 1994:14 [ref. 25356]). •Synonym of Antennarius commerson (Anonymous 1798) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:92 [ref. 20669] as commersoni and author as Latreille 1804, Golani & Fricke 2018:37 [ref. 36273], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:115 [ref. 38284] with author as Latreille 1804). Current status: Synonym of Antennarius commerson (Anonymous 1798). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

chironectes, Antennarius Commerson [P.] in Lacepède 1798:325, Pl. 14 (fig. 2) [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 1; ref. 2708] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Appeared as "Antennarius chironectes, obscurè rubens, maculis nigris..."; regarded as non-binominal and not available. See ICZN Opinion 89. Species could date to Anonymous 1798, see Kottelat 2013:274 [ref. 32989]. In that case, a secondary homonym of Lophius chironectes Latreille 1804 when both in Antennarius. •Treated as valid as Antennarius chironectes Commerson 1798 -- (Dor 1984:55 [ref. 29757], Goren & Dor 1994:14 [ref. 25356]). •Synonym of Antennarius pictus (Shaw 1794) -- (if available). 2°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Antennarius pictus (Shaw 1794). Antennariidae.

chironectes, Lophius Latreille [P. A.] 1804:73 [ ref. 17490] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. No types known. Based on La Lophie Chironecte Lacepède 1798. Misspelled Antennarius chironemus by Munro 1967:584 [ref. 6844]. •Synonym of Antennarius pictus (Shaw 1794) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:79 [ref. 20669], Randall et al. 1990:55 [ref. 15987], Fricke 1999:106 [ref. 24106], Randall 2005:72 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:264 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:640 [ref. 29066], Randall 2007:129 [ref. 30952], Golani & Fricke 2018:38 [ref. 36273], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:145 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Antennarius pictus (Shaw 1794). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

chlorostygma, Chironectes Valenciennes [A.] (ex Ehrenberg) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:426 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Massawa, Eritrea, Red Sea. No types known. Type catalog: Pietsch et al. 1987:147 [ref. 6339], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:226 [ref. 38284]. The original spelling is acceptable and need not be emended. •Valid as Antennarius chlorostigma (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Dor 1984:55 [ref. 29757], Goren & Dor 1994:14 [ref. 25356]). •Synonym of Antennarius nummifer (Cuvier 1817) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:138 [ref. 20669]). •Synonym of Abantennarius nummifer (Cuvier 1817) -- (Pietsch & Arnold 2020:225 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Abantennarius nummifer (Cuvier 1817). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

coccineus, Chironectes Lesson [R. P.] (ex Cuvier) 1831:143, Poissons Pl. 16 (fig. 1) [Voyage autour du monde Zool. v. 2 (pt 1); ref. 2776] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-4599 [not A-4500]. Type catalog: Pietsch et al. 1987:139 [ref. 6339], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:207 [ref. 38284]. We regard authorship as Lesson (ex Cuvier) 1831. •Valid as Antennarius coccineus (Lesson 1831) -- (Pietsch 1984:36 [ref. 5380], Dor 1984:56 [ref. 29757], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:103 [ref. 6441], Pietsch 1986:366 [ref. 5704], Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:144 [ref. 20669] (with authorship given to Cuvier), Allen & Swainston 1988:38 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:278 [ref. 12442], Pequeño 1989:43 [ref. 14125], Winterbottom et al. 1989:14 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:54 [ref. 15987], Francis 1993:158 [ref. 25479], Goren & Dor 1994:14 [ref. 25356], Schneider & Lavenberg in Fischer et al. 1995:856 [ref. 22829], Randall 1995:83 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:62 [ref. 23977], Lindberg et al. 1997:216 [ref. 23547], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:233 [ref. 24023], Randall et al. 1997:54 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:68 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:103 [ref. 24106], Pietsch 1999:2015 [ref. 24766] (authorship given as Cuvier in Lesson), Johnson 1999:724 [ref. 25471], Randall 1999:8 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:85 [ref. 37268], Pequeño & Lamilla 2000:434 [ref. 24906], Nakabo 2000:457 [ref. 25086], Pietsch in Randall & Lim 2000:597 [ref. 25122], Randall & Earle 2000:8 [ref. 25806], Hutchins 2001:22 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:457 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:25 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S99 [ref. 27377], Randall et al. 2004:8 [ref. 27624] with author as Cuvier, Heemstra et al. 2004:3317 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:69 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:639 [ref. 29066], Randall 2007:128 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:28 [ref. 30213], Motomura 2009:40 [ref. 30446], Jawad & Al-Mamry 2009:1 [ref. 30663], Dyer & Westneat 2010:599 [ref. 31446], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:190 [ref. 30957], Fricke et al. 2011:367 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:144 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:53 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:35 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:5 [ref. 33988]). •Valid as Antennatus coccineus (Lesson 1831) -- (Arnold & Pietsch 2012:128 [ref. 31574], Page et al. 2013:97 [ref. 32708], Galván-Villa et al. 2016:144 [ref. 34871], Fricke et al. 2018:88 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:38 [ref. 36273], Arndt & Fricke 2019:10 [ref. 36883], Sonoyama et al. 2020:32 [ref. 37637], Arnold & Pietsch 2022:293 [ref. 39710]). •Valid as Abantennarius coccineus (Lesson 1831) -- (Pietsch & Arnold 2020:204 [ref. 38284], Love et al. 2021:86 [ref. 39279] with question). Current status: Valid as Abantennarius coccineus (Lesson 1831). Antennariidae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-Pacific: Aliwal Shoal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), Pitcairn and Easter Island, north to Sea of Japan, south to Western Australia, Lord Howe Island (Australia) and New Caledonia; eastern Pacific: southern Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to Chile, including Cocos Island (Costa Rica) and Desaventurados Islands (Chile); presence at Galapagos Islands (Ecuador) questionable. Habitat: marine.

cocinsinensis, Lophius Shaw [G.] in Shaw & Nodder 1812:no page number, Pl. 1012 [The Naturalist's Miscellany; ref. 4013] Bay of Turon, Cochin, China. No types known. •Synonym of Histrio histrio (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Monod & Le Danois 1973:662 [ref. 7223] as coccinsinensis, Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:201 [ref. 20669], Pietsch 1990:486 [ref. 15577], Lindberg et al. 1997:222 [ref. 23547] as coeinsinensis, Pietsch & Arnold 2020:180 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Histrio histrio (Linnaeus 1758). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

commerson, Lophie Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1798:302, 327, Pl. 14 (fig. 3) [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 1; ref. 2708] Not available, vernacular name only. •In the synonymy of Antennarius commersonii (Shaw 1804) -- (Dor 1984:56 [ref. 29757]). •See Lophius commerson Anonymous 1798. Nomen Nudum. Current status: Synonym of Antennarius commerson (Anonymous 1798). Antennariidae.

commerson, Lophius Latreille [P. A.] 1804:74 [ ref. 17490] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Type: MNHN A-4623. Type catalog: Pietsch et al. 1987:141-142 [ref. 6339]. Apparently predates Shaw 1804; Pietsch 1986:367 [ref. 5704] gives March 1804 for Latreille and June 1804 for Shaw. [Should be spelled commerson and not commersoni]. Neotype designated by Dor 1984:56 [ref. 29757] but that designation invalid (not a revisional work). •See Lophius commerson Anonymous 1798. Current status: Synonym of Antennarius commerson (Anonymous 1798). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

commerson, Lophius Anonymous in Lacepède (ex Commerson) 1798:681 [Allgemeine Literatur-Zeitung 1798 (pt. 3) (no. 288) (for 25 Sept. 1798); ref. 24107] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Neotype: MNHN A-4623. Type catalog: Pietsch et al. 1987:141 [ref. 6339], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:117 [ref. 38284]. First Latinization of the 'Lophie commerson' of Lacepède. Usually dated to Latreille 1804. Neotype designated by Dor 1984:56 [ref. 29757] but that designation invalid (not a revisional work). •Valid as Antennarius commersoni (Latreille 1804) -- (Pietsch 1984:34 [ref. 5380], Pietsch 1986:367 [ref. 5704], Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:92 [ref. 20669], Francis 1993:158 [ref. 25479], Schneider & Lavenberg in Fischer et al. 1995:857 [ref. 22829], Randall 1995:83 [ref. 22896], Lindberg et al. 1997:216 [ref. 23547], Larson & Williams 1997:349 [ref. 23967], Randall et al. 1997:497 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:68 [ref. 23965] as commersonii, Pietsch 1999:2015 [ref. 24766], Nakabo 2000:456 [ref. 25086], Pietsch in Randall & Lim 2000:597 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:130 [ref. 25191] as commerson, Sadovy & Cornish 2000:44 [ref. 25480], Nakabo 2002:456 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:25 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S99 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:614 [ref. 27495] as commersonii, Randall 2005:70 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:263 [ref. 28379], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:200 [ref. 28944], Allen et al. 2006:639 [ref. 29066], Caratini & Soriano 2011:81 [ref. 39915], Larson et al. 2013:53 [ref. 32988]). •Valid as Antennarius commerson (Latreille 1804) -- (Randall 2007:127 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:28 [ref. 30213], Motomura 2009:41 [ref. 30446], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:114 [ref. 38284]). •Valid as Antennarius commerson (Anonymous 1798) -- (Fricke 1999:104 [ref. 24106] with authorship as Commerson & Lacepède in Anonymous, Fricke et al. 2009:28 [ref. 30213], Motomura et al. 2010:78 [ref. 31256], Fricke et al. 2011:367 [ref. 31242] with authorship as Anonymous ex Commerson ex Lacepède, Arnold & Pietsch 2012:128 [ref. 31574] with author as Latreille 1804, Allen & Erdmann 2012:145 [ref. 31980], Page et al. 2013:97 [ref. 32708], Fricke et al. 2013:252 [ref. 32706], Fourriére et al. 2016:442 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:607 [ref. 34923], Fricke et al. 2018:87 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:37 [ref. 36273], Sánchez-Jiménez et al. 2018:6 [ref. 36248], Arndt & Fricke 2019:10 [ref. 36883], Love et al. 2021:86 [ref. 39279] with question, Arnold & Pietsch 2022:289 [ref. 39710] with author as Lacepède, Murase et al. 2023:38 [ref. 40935]). Current status: Valid as Antennarius commerson (Anonymous 1798). Antennariidae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Panama, north to southern Japan, Ogasawara Islands, Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and Society Islands (French Polynesia), south to Houtman Abrolhos (Western Australia), New Caledonia and Lord Howe Island (Australia). IUCN (2022): not assessed. Habitat: marine.

commersonianus, Lophius Jordan [D. S.] (ex Lacepède) 1917:69, 104 [Leland Stanford Jr. University Publications, University Series No. 27; ref. 2407] Based on Antennarius antenna tricorni Commerson and Antennarius bivertex ... Commerson in Laceède 1798 (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:59 [ref. 20669]). •Synonym of Antennarius striatus (Shaw 1794) or Antennarius commerson (Latreille 1804) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:94 [ref. 20669] as commersoni). Current status: Synonym of Antennarius. Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

commersonii, Chironectes Cuvier [G.] (ex Lacepède) 1817:431, Pl. 18 (fig. 1) [Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris v. 3; ref. 1015] Indian Ocean. No types known. Perhaps not a new description but a new combination. Antennariidae.

commersonii, Lophius Shaw [G.] 1804:387 [General zoology or systematic natural history; ref. 4015] Indian Seas. No types known. See also Lophius commerson Latreille of slightly earlier date. •Valid as Antennarius commersonii (Shaw 1804) -- (Dor 1984:56 [ref. 29757], Paxton et al. 1989:278 [ref. 12442] as commersoni, Goren & Dor 1994:14 [ref. 25356], Kuiter 1997:44 [ref. 25488]). •Synonym of Antennarius commerson (Anonymous 1798) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:92 [ref. 20669] as commersoni and author as Latreille 1804). Current status: Synonym of Antennarius commerson (Anonymous 1798). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

compressus, Lophius Lacepède [B. G. E.] (ex van Braam Houckgeest) 1798:321 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 1; ref. 2708] Guangdong, China. No types known. Not available; name appeared in synonymy of Lophius histrio Linnaeus 1758. Based on Lophius histrio of van Braam Houckgeest 1774:20 [ref. 23123]. •Synonym of Histrio histrio (Linnaeus 1758). Current status: Synonym of Histrio histrio (Linnaeus 1758). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

cooperae, Golem Strasburg [D. W.] 1966:475, Figs. 1-2 [Copeia 1966 (no. 3); ref. 9072] Bay of Islands, Lami, Viti Levu, Fiji Islands, depth 2 feet. Holotype (unique): USNM 199683. •Nomen dubium -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:265 [ref. 20669], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:354 [ref. 38284]). Nomen Dubium. Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

corallinus, Antennarius Poey [F.] 1865:188 [Repertorio Fisico-Natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 1; ref. 13954] Cuba. Holotype (unique): MCZ 11620. Type catalog: Pietsch & Arnold 2020:134 [ref. 38284]. •Synonym of Antennarius multiocellatus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:101 [ref. 20669], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:133 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Antennarius multiocellatus (Valenciennes 1837). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

cubensis, Antennarius Borodin [N. A.] 1928:24, Pl. 3 (fig. 1) [Bulletin Vanderbilt Oceanographic Museum v. 1 (art. 1); ref. 526] Porte [sic] Padre, Cuba. Holotype (unique): VMM 410 (now at AMNH). •Synonym of Antennarius striatus (Shaw 1794) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:59 [ref. 20669], Pietsch 1990:484 [ref. 15577], Lindberg et al. 1997:218 [ref. 23547]). •Synonym of Antennarius scaber (Cuvier 1817) -- (Pietsch & Arnold 2020:90 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Antennarius scaber (Cuvier 1817). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

cunninghami, Antennarius Fowler [H. W.] 1941:279, Fig. 32 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 93; ref. 1438] Oahu Island or Maui Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype (unique): ANSP 69892. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:19 [ref. 13621], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:103 [ref. 38284]. •Synonym of Antennarius striatus (Shaw 1794) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:59 [ref. 20669], Pietsch 1990:484 [ref. 15577], Lindberg et al. 1997:218 [ref. 23547], Mundy 2005:265 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:130 [ref. 30952], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:101 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Antennarius striatus (Shaw 1794). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

delaisi, Antennarius (Triantennatus) Cadenat [J.] 1959:374, Figs. 10-11 [Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire (Sér A) Sciences Naturelles v. 21 (no. 1); ref. 11983] Gorée, Senegal. Lectotype: MNHN 1982-0149 [ex IFAN 1429]. Paralectotypes: IFAN 57 (1); MNHN 1982-0134 (1), 1982-0135 (1). Type catalog: Pietsch et al. 1987:137 [ref. 6339], Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:60 [ref. 20669], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:103 [ref. 38284]. Lectotype selection: Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:60 [ref. 20669]; lectotype actually established in Pietsch et al. 1986:137 [ref. 6339]. •Synonym of Antennarius striatus (Shaw 1794) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:60 [ref. 20669], Pietsch 1990:485 [ref. 15577], Lindberg et al. 1997:218 [ref. 23547], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:102 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Antennarius striatus (Shaw 1794). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

dorehensis, Antennarius Bleeker [P.] 1859:21 [Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae v. 6 (art. 2); ref. 14003] Doreh Bay [Doreh], off Manokwari, West Papua, Indonesia, New Guinea, ca. 0°53'25''S 134°05'29''E. Lectotype: RMNH 6268. Paralectotypes: RMNH 28010 (2). Type catalog: Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:166 [ref. 20669], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:213 [ref. 38284]. Lectotype selection: Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:166 [ref. 20669]. •Valid as Antennarius dorehensis Bleeker 1859 -- (Pietsch 1984:36 [ref. 5380], Pietsch 1986:367 [ref. 5704], Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:166 [ref. 20669], Paxton et al. 1989:278 [ref. 12442], Lindberg et al. 1997:216 [ref. 23547], Myers 1999:68 [ref. 23965], Pietsch 1999:2015 [ref. 24766], Nakabo 2000:458 [ref. 25086], Pietsch in Randall & Lim 2000:597 [ref. 25122], Allen 2000:96 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:22 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:458 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:25 [ref. 26830] dated 1839, Myers & Donaldson 2003:614 [ref. 27495], Allen et al. 2006:639 [ref. 29066], Arnold & Pietsch 2011:[12] [ref. 31574], Allen & Erdmann 2012:146 [ref. 31980]). •Valid as Antennatus dorehensis (Bleeker 1859) -- (Arnold & Pietsch 2012:128 [ref. 31574], Arnold & Pietsch 2022:293 [ref. 39710]). •Valid as Abantennarius dorehensis (Bleeker 1859) -- (Pietsch & Arnold 2020:212 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Valid as Abantennarius dorehensis (Bleeker 1859). Antennariidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Aldabra (Seychelles) and Comoros east to Caroline Islands, Line Islands and Society Islands (French Polynsia), north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to Rowley Shoals (Western Australia). Habitat: marine.

drombus, Antennarius Jordan [D. S.] & Evermann [B. W.] 1903:207 [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 22 (1902); ref. 2450] Waikiki near Honolulu, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.). Holotype: USNM 50659. Paratypes: CAS-SU 7472 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:147 [ref. 12291], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:216 [ref. 38284]. •Synonym of Antennarius coccineus (Lesson 1831) -- (Pietsch 1984:36 [ref. 5380], Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:145 [ref. 20669]). •Valid as Antennarius drombus Jordan & Evermann 1930 -- (Randall 2005:69 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:263 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:128 [ref. 30952]). •Valid as Abantennarius drombus (Jordan & Evermann 1930) -- (Pietsch & Arnold 2020:215 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Valid as Abantennarius drombus (Jordan & Evermann 1903). Antennariidae. Distribution: Central Pacific: Johnston Atoll and Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.). Habitat: marine.

duescus, Antennarius Snyder [J. O.] 1904:537, Pl. 13 (fig. 24) [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 22 [1902]; ref. 4149] Between Maui and Lanai, Hawaiian Islands, Albatross station 3872, depth 32-43 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 50884. Paratypes: CAS-SU 7736 (1), USNM 126597 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:147 [ref. 12291], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:221 [ref. 38284]. •Valid as Antennarius duescus Snyder 1904 -- (Pietsch 1984:36 [ref. 5380], Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:161 [ref. 20669], Allen & Adrim 2003:25 [ref. 26830], Mundy 2005:263 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:128 [ref. 30952], Allen & Erdmann 2012:146 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:35 [ref. 33932]). •Valid as Antennatus duescus (Snyder 1904) -- (Arnold & Pietsch 2012:128 [ref. 31574]). •Valid as Abantennarius duescus (Snyder 1904) -- (Pietsch & Arnold 2020:220 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Valid as Abantennarius duescus (Snyder 1904). Antennariidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western and central Pacific: Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Loyalty Islands (New Caledonia), Fiji, Hawaiian Islands, Johnston Atoll. Habitat: marine.

fasciata, Antennarius pinniceps var. Steindachner [F.] 1866:457 [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 53; ref. 4210] Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia. Syntypes: (2) Not found at NMW. Did not appear in abstract, Steindachner 1866 [ref. 20460]. •Synonym of Antennarius striatus (Shaw 1794) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:58 [ref. 20669], Paxton et al. 1989:279 [ref. 12442], Allen et al. 2006:640 [ref. 29066], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:99 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Antennarius striatus (Shaw 1794). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

flagellatus, Antennatus Ohnishi [N.], Iwata [A.] & Hiramatsu [W.] 1997:213, Fig. 1 [Ichthyological Research v. 44 (no. 2); ref. 22937] Kashiwajima Island, 32°45'N, 132°38'E, Otsuki-cho, Hata-gun, Kochi Prefecture, Japan. Holotype: NSMT-P 49487. Paratypes: OMNH-P 9999 (1). Type catalog: Pietsch & Arnold 2020:242 [ref. 38284]. •Valid as Antennatus flagellatus Ohnishi, Iwata & Hiramatsu 1997 -- (Nakabo 2000:454 [ref. 25086], Randall & Holcom 2001:137 [ref. 25254], Nakabo 2002:454 [ref. 26001], Randall 2005:73 [ref. 28239], Arnold & Pietsch 2012:128 [ref. 31574], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:242 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Valid as Antennatus flagellatus Ohnishi, Iwata & Hiramatsu 1997. Antennariidae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: southern Japan. Habitat: marine.

floridanus, Fowlerichthys Barbour [T.] 1941:12, Pl. 7 [Proceedings of the New England Zoölogical Club v. 19; ref. 179] Off Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, U.S.A., depth 400-500 fathoms [732-914 meters]. Holotype (unique): ANSP 70170. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:19 [ref. 13621], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:61 [ref. 38284]. •Synonym of Antennarius radiosus Garman 1896 -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:119 [ref. 20669]). •Synonym of Fowlerichthys radiosus (Garman 1896) -- (Pietsch & Arnold 2020:60 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Fowlerichthys radiosus (Garman 1896). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

fuliginosus, Antennarius Smith [J. L. B.] 1957:222, Fig. 5 [South African Journal of Science v. 53 (no. 8); ref. 12171] Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, western Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 100. Type catalog: Pietsch & Arnold 2020:103 [ref. 38284]. •Synonym of Antennarius striatus (Shaw 1794) -- (Pietsch 1986:368 [ref. 5704], Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:59 [ref. 20669], Pietsch 1990:484 [ref. 15577], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:101 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Antennarius striatus (Shaw 1794). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

geographicus, Lophius Quoy [J. R. C.] & Gaimard [J. P.] 1825:355, Pl. 65 (fig. 3) [Voyage autour du monde; ref. 3574] Below the Ligne, next to New Guinea. No types known. •Synonym of Histrio histrio (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Monod & Le Danois 1973:662 [ref. 7223], Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:202 [ref. 20669], Pietsch 1990:486 [ref. 15577], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:181 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Histrio histrio (Linnaeus 1758). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

gibbus, Lophius Mitchill [S. L.] 1815:no page number, Pl. 4 (fig. 9) [Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York v. 1 (art. 5) (for 1814); ref. 13292] Atlantic north of Virgin Islands at 22°N, 64°W. No types known. Dates to plate as above; also appeared in Mitchill 1818:325 [ref. 30214]. •Synonym of Histrio histrio (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Monod & Le Danois 1973:662 [ref. 7223], Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:201 [ref. 20669], Pietsch 1990:486 [ref. 15577], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:161 [ref. 25013], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:181 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Histrio histrio (Linnaeus 1758). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

glauerti, Antennarius Whitley [G. P.] 1957:207, Fig. [Western Australian Naturalist v. 5 (no. 7); ref. 12125] Exmouth Gulf, Western Australia. Holotype (unique): AMS IB.2979. •Synonym of Antennarius striatus (Shaw 1794) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:59 [ref. 20669]). Current status: Synonym of Antennarius striatus (Shaw 1794). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

goramensis, Antennarius Bleeker [P.] 1864:177 [Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde v. 2; ref. 13924] Pulau-Pulau Gorong, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 6288. Type catalog: Pietsch & Arnold 2020:117 [ref. 38284]. •Synonym of Antennarius commerson (Anonymous 1798) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:94 [ref. 20669] as commersoni and author as Latreille 1804, Pietsch & Arnold 2020:116 [ref. 38284] with author as Latreille 1804). Current status: Synonym of Antennarius commerson (Anonymous 1798). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

guentheri, Antennarius Bleeker [P.] 1864:10, Pl. 199 (fig. 4) [Atlas ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Néêrlandaises v. 5; ref. 416] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 6290. Type catalog: Pietsch & Arnold 2020:126 [ref. 38284]. Text published in 1864, plate in 1865. Also appeared in Bleeker 1868:275 [ref. 425]. •Synonym of Antennarius maculatus (Desjardins 1840) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:87 [ref. 20669] as guntheri, Pietsch & Arnold 2020:124 [ref. 38284] as guntheri). Current status: Synonym of Antennarius maculatus (Desjardins 1840). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

hispidus, Lophius Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:142 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Coromandel coast, India. Holotype (unique): ZMB 2221. Type catalog: Paepke 1999:45 [ref. 24282], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:79 [ref. 38284]. •Valid as Antennarius hispidus (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Kyushin et al. 1982:310 [ref. 19754], Dor 1984:56 [ref. 29757], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:103 [ref. 6441], Pietsch 1984:34 [ref. 5380], Pietsch 1986:367 [ref. 5704], Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:71 [ref. 20669], Allen & Swainston 1988:38 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:278 [ref. 12442], Krishnan & Mishra 1993:218 [ref. 24016], Goren & Dor 1994:14 [ref. 25356], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:633 [ref. 27969], Lindberg et al. 1997:216 [ref. 23547], Allen 1997:62 [ref. 23977], Chen et al. 1997:188 [ref. 26476], Kuiter 1997:42 [ref. 25488], Fricke 1999:105 [ref. 24106], Pietsch 1999:2015 [ref. 24766], Mishra et al. 1999:84 [ref. 25315], Nakabo 2000:455 [ref. 25086], Pietsch in Randall & Lim 2000:597 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:22 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:455 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:25 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S99 [ref. 27377], Randall et al. 2004:8 [ref. 27624], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:122 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:71 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:639 [ref. 29066], Fricke et al. 2009:28 [ref. 30213], Golani & Bogorodsky 2010:61 [ref. 35264], Arnold & Pietsch 2012:128 [ref. 31574], Allen & Erdmann 2012:146 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:53 [ref. 32988], Yoshida et al. 2013:54 [ref. 34464], Psomadakis et al. 2015:174 [ref. 34104], Motomura et al. 2017:55 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:87 [ref. 35805], Arndt & Fricke 2019:10 [ref. 36883], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 30 [ref. 38321], Kim et al. 2020:75 [ref. 39118], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:77 [ref. 38284], Psomadakis et al. 2020:330 [ref. 37272], Rajeeshkumar et al. 2021:75 [ref. 38131], Arnold & Pietsch 2022:289 [ref. 39710]). Current status: Valid as Antennarius hispidus (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Antennariidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Indonesia, Samoa and Tonga, north to southern Korea, south to Western Australia, Manly Bay (New South Wales, Australia) and Loyalty Islands (New Caledonia). Habitat: marine.

histrio, Lophius Linnaeus [C.] 1758:237 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] In Pelago inter Fucum natantem [Sargasso Sea]. Lectotype: ZMUU Linn. coll. 100 (74 mm specimen). Paralectotypes: NRM 4558 (1 or more of 4), ZMUU Linn. Coll. 100 (2, 18-26 mm). Type catalog: Lönnberg 1896:30 [ref. 23530], Fernholm & Wheeler 1983:227-228 [ref. 20707], Wheeler 1991:166, Fig. 8 [ref. 20102], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:189 [ref. 38284]. Lectotype selected by Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:200 [ref. 20669]. Also appeared in Linnaeus 1759:246 [ref. 24770]. •Valid as Histrio histrio (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Monod & Le Danois 1973:661 [ref. 7223], Pietsch 1984:37 [ref. 5380], Dor 1984:57 [ref. 29757], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:103 [ref. 6441], Pietsch in Whitehead et al. 1986:1367 [ref. 13677], Pietsch 1986:369 [ref. 5704], Robins & Ray 1986:88 [ref. 23100], Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:200 [ref. 20669], Allen & Swainston 1988:38 [ref. 25477], Scott & Scott 1988:238 [ref. 25518], Paxton et al. 1989:279 [ref. 12442], Paulin et al. 1989:134 [ref. 24556], McAllister 1990:229 [ref. 14674], Pietsch 1990:486 [ref. 15577], Randall et al. 1990:56 [ref. 15987], Boschung 1992:79 [ref. 23239], Paugy in Lévêque et al. 1992:570 [ref. 21590], Kuiter 1993:48 [ref. 23929], Goren & Dor 1994:14 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:84 [ref. 22896], Santos et al. 1997:63 [ref. 23531], Allen 1997:62 [ref. 23977], Lindberg et al. 1997:222 [ref. 23547], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:231 [ref. 24023], Arruda 1997:125 [ref. 24952], Kuiter 1997:40 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:56 [ref. 25919], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:823 [ref. 23897], Myers 1999:69 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:109 [ref. 24106], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:176 [ref. 24550], Pietsch 1999:2015 [ref. 24766], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:161 [ref. 25013], Johnson 1999:724 [ref. 25471], Nakabo 2000:454 [ref. 25086], Pietsch in Randall & Lim 2000:597 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:132 [ref. 25191], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:46 [ref. 25480], Thomson et al. 2000:54 [ref. 25640], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:153 [ref. 27754], Shimizu 2001:22 [ref. 25799], Hutchins 2001:22 [ref. 25847], Pietsch in Collette & Klein-MacPhee 2002:270 [ref. 26158], Nakabo 2002:454 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:214, 542 [ref. 26218], Allen & Adrim 2003:25 [ref. 26830], Collette et al. 2003:100 [ref. 26784], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S99 [ref. 27377], Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:64 [ref. 27192], Pietsch 2003:1051 [ref. 17014], Myers & Donaldson 2003:614 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:8 [ref. 27624], Nelson et al. 2004:96 [ref. 27807], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:122 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:73 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:266 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:642 [ref. 29066], Randall 2007:131 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:28 [ref. 30213], Motomura et al. 2010:78 [ref. 31256], Fricke et al. 2011:368 [ref. 31242], Arnold & Pietsch 2012:128 [ref. 31574], Allen & Erdmann 2012:154 [ref. 31980], Page et al. 2013:97 [ref. 32708], Fricke et al. 2014:35 [ref. 33932], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:30 [ref. 33341], Parin et al. 2014:185 [ref. 33547], Stewart 2015:887 [ref. 34254], Pietsch 2016:2053 [ref. 34597], Motomura et al. 2017:56 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:89 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:38 [ref. 36273], Arndt & Fricke 2019:10 [ref. 36883], Carneiro et al. 2019:213 [ref. 37250], Fricke et al. 2019:72 [ref. 36673], Hoschke et al. 2019:154 [ref. 36626], Reiner 2019:124 [ref. 38139], Kim et al. 2020:75 [ref. 39118], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:177 [ref. 38284], Robertson et al. 2020:150 [ref. 38098], Sonoyama et al. 2020:32 [ref. 37637], Caires et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:677 [ref. 38945], Durville et al. 2021:310 [ref. 38802], Arnold & Pietsch 2022:296 [ref. 39710], Fermon et al. 2022:301 [ref. 39448], Carvalho-Filho 2023:85 [ref. 40480], Murase et al. 2023:38 [ref. 40935]). Current status: Valid as Histrio histrio (Linnaeus 1758). Antennariidae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical and subtropical seas (including Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Red Sea, South China Sea, Sea of Japan), but not in most of eastern Pacific. Habitat: marine.

horridus, Antennarius Bleeker [P.] 1853:83 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 5 (no. 1); ref. 16911] Lawajong, Solor Island, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 6276. Type catalog: Pietsch & Arnold 2020:149 [ref. 38284]. •Valid as Lophiocharon horridus (Bleeker 1853) -- (Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:103 [ref. 6441]). •Synonym of Antennarius pictus (Shaw 1794) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:81 [ref. 20669], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:146 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Antennarius pictus (Shaw 1794). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

immaculatus, Antennarius Le Danois [Y.] 1971:91, Fig. 2 [Israel Journal of Zoology v. 19 (no. 2) (for 1970); ref. 7758] Eilat, Israel, Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea. Holotype: TAU P.254 [= SMNHTAU]. Paratypes: HUJ 348 (1), 9808 [ex F.805] (2), 9806 [ex F.605] (1). Type catalog: Golani 2006:23 [ref. 28840], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:207 [ref. 38284]. •Valid as Antennarius immaculatus Le Danois 1971 -- (Dor 1984:56 [ref. 29757]). •Synonym of Antennarius coccineus (Lesson 1831) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:146 [ref. 20669] with author as Cuvier, Goren & Dor 1994:14 [ref. 25356], Dyer & Westneat 2010:601 [ref. 31446]). •Synonym of Antennatus coccineus (Lesson 1831) -- (Golani & Fricke 2018:38 [ref. 36273]). •Synonym of Abantennarius coccineus (Lesson 1831) -- (Pietsch & Arnold 2020:206 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Abantennarius coccineus (Lesson 1831). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

indicus, Antennarius Schultz [L. P.] 1964:182, Pl. 3 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 116 (no. 3500); ref. 3429] Vizagapatam, India. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 40090. Type catalog: Pietsch & Arnold 2020:83 [ref. 38284]. •Valid as Antennarius indicus Schultz 1964 -- (Pietsch 1984:36 [ref. 5380], Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:115 [ref. 20669], Randall 1995:83 [ref. 22896], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S99 [ref. 27377], Jawad & Al-Mamry 2009:1 [ref. 30663], Arnold & Pietsch 2012:128 [ref. 31574], Psomadakis et al. 2015:174 [ref. 34104], Ali et al. 2018:314 [ref. 36183], Jawad et al. 2018:102 [ref. 36262], Eagderi et al. 2019:33 [ref. 37020], Mohanty et al. 2020:1436 [ref. 37820], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:83 [ref. 38284], Arnold & Pietsch 2022:290 [ref. 39710], Bhakta et al. 2023:159 [ref. 40725]). Current status: Valid as Antennarius indicus Schultz 1964. Antennariidae. Distribution: Indian Ocean: East Africa, Persian Gulf and Seychelles east to West Bengal (northeastern India) and Sri Lanka. Habitat: marine.

inops, Antennarius Poey [F.] 1881:340 [Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, Madrid v. 10; ref. 3511] Puerto Rico. Holotype (unique): USNM 37434. Type catalog: Pietsch & Arnold 2020:190 [ref. 38284]. •Synonym of Histrio histrio (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Monod & Le Danois 1973:662 [ref. 7223], Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:205 [ref. 20669], Pietsch 1990:487 [ref. 15577], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:185 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Histrio histrio (Linnaeus 1758). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

insidiator, Batrachopus Whitley [G. P.] 1934:[1] [Supplement to the check-list of the fishes of New South Wales; ref. 4682] Watson's Bay, near Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Holotype (unique): AMS I.5263. Type catalog: Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:59 [ref. 20669]. Unpaginated, description is on the 1st page of the supplement. Species was originally described and illustrated as Antennarius commersonii in Whitley 1929:137, Pl. 31 (fig. 5) [ref. 4665], but the figured specimen was later renamed as a new species in a footnote in the above reference. •Synonym of Antennarius striatus (Shaw 1794) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:59 [ref. 20669], Lindberg et al. 1997:218 [ref. 23547], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:101 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Antennarius striatus (Shaw 1794). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

jagua, Histrio Nichols [J. T.] 1920:62 [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 33; ref. 3173] Bermuda. Holotype (unique): AMNH 7316. Type catalog: Pietsch & Arnold 2020:190 [ref. 38284]. •Synonym of Histrio histrio (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Monod & Le Danois 1973:663 [ref. 7223], Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:205 [ref. 20669], Pietsch 1990:487 [ref. 15577], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:161 [ref. 25013], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:186 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Histrio histrio (Linnaeus 1758). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

japonicus, Antennarius Schultz [L. P.] 1964:181, Pl. 2 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 116 (no. 3500); ref. 3429] Sagami Bay, Japan. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 26796. Type catalog: Pietsch & Arnold 2020:226 [ref. 38284]. •Valid as Antennarius japonicus Schultz 1964 -- (Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:103 [ref. 6441]). •Synonym of Antennarius nummifer (Cuvier 1817) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:141 [ref. 20669]). •Synonym of Abantennarius nummifer (Cuvier 1817) -- (Pietsch & Arnold 2020:225 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Abantennarius nummifer (Cuvier 1817). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

knorrii, Ostracion Walbaum [J. J.] (ex Knorr) 1792:482 [Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium Part 3; ref. 4572] No locality stated [Antilles]. Meets conditions of Art. 23.9.1.1 and 23.9.9.2 of the Code, and therefore cannot be used as a valid name. Declared a nomen oblitum by Pietsch & Arnold 2020:87 [ref. 38284]. •Senior (unused) synonym of Antennarius striatus (Shaw 1794) -- (Parenti & Pietsch 2003:187 [ref. 26690] as a nomen oblitum). •In the synonymy of Antennarius scaber (Cuvier 1817) -- (Pietsch & Arnold 2020:87 [ref. 38284]). Nomen Oblitum. Current status: Synonym of Antennarius scaber (Cuvier 1817). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

lacepedii, Antennarius Bleeker [P.] 1856:50 [Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae v. 1; ref. 311] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 28017. Tspe catalog: Pietsch & Arnold 2020:103 [ref. 38284]. •Synonym of Antennarius striatus (Shaw 1794) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:57 [ref. 20669], Pietsch 1990:483 [ref. 15577], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:98 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Antennarius striatus (Shaw 1794). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

laevigatus, Chironectes Cuvier [G.] (ex Bosc) 1817:423, Pl. 16 (fig. 1) [Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris v. 3; ref. 1015] Carolina, U.S.A. Lectotype: MNHN A-3829 [ex MNHN B-2949]. Paralectotypes: MNHN B-2949 (1). Type catalog: Pietsch et al. 1987:142 [ref. 6339] dating to Cuvier 1816, Pietsch & Arnold 2020:189 [ref. 38284]. Appeared first without distinguishing features in Cuvier 1816:310 [ref. 993] as, "lophius laevigatus, Bosc. qui est l'espèce la plus commune." Lectotype selected by Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:201 [ref. 20669]. •Synonym of Histrio histrio (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Monod & Le Danois 1973:662 [ref. 7223], Pietsch 1990:486 [ref. 15577], Fricke 1999:109 [ref. 24106], Russell & van Oijen 2021:435 [ref. 38177]). Current status: Synonym of Histrio histrio (Linnaeus 1758). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

laevis, Lophius Latreille [P. A.] 1804:73 [ ref. 17490] No types known. Based on La Lophie Unie Bosc 1803:313. Senior homonym of Lophius laevis Lacepède 1804. •Synonym of Histrio histrio (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:201 [ref. 20669], Pietsch 1990:486 [ref. 15577]). •Monod & Le Danois 1973:662 [ref. 7223] list a Lophius laevis Lacepède 1804 in the synonymy of Histrio histrio (Linnaeus 1758). Current status: Synonym of Histrio histrio (Linnaeus 1758). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

lateralis, Antennarius Tanaka [S.] 1917:200 [Dobutsugaku Zasshi = Zoological Magazine Tokyo v. 29 (no. 345); ref. 4330] Tanabe, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. Holotype (unique): ZUMT (lost). Species originally published in Japanese in above reference, later illustrated and described in more detail in English and Japanese in Tanaka 1918:494, Pl. 135 (fig. 378) [ref. 14911]. •Synonym of Antennarius commerson (Anonymous 1798) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:94 [ref. 20669] as commersoni and author as Latreille 1804, Pietsch & Arnold 2020:116 [ref. 38284] with author as Latreille 1804). Current status: Synonym of Antennarius commerson (Anonymous 1798). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

laysanius, Antennarius Jordan [D. S.] & Snyder [J. O.] 1904:947 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 27 (no. 1377); ref. 2518] Laysan Island, Leeward Islands, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 8439. Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:148 [ref. 12291], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:150 [ref. 38284]. •Synonym of Antennarius pictus (Shaw 1794) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:81 [ref. 20669], Mundy 2005:264 [ref. 28379], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:148 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Antennarius pictus (Shaw 1794). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

leopardinus, Antennarius Günther [A.] 1864:151 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864 (pt 1) (art. 3) (for 22 Mar. 1864); ref. 13930] Pacific coast of Panama. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1864.1.26.417. Type catalog: Pietsch & Arnold 2020:235 [ref. 38284]. •Synonym of Antennarius sanguineus Gill 1863 -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:157 [ref. 20669], Dyer & Westneat 2010:599 [ref. 31446]). •Synonym of Abantennarius sanguineus (Gill 1863) -- (Pietsch & Arnold 2020:234 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Abantennarius sanguineus (Gill 1863). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

leprosus, Chironectes Eydoux [J. F. T.] & Souleyet [F. A.] 1850:187, Pl. 5 (fig. 3) [Voyage autour du monde; ref. 4501] Hawaiian Islands. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-4595. Type catalog: Pietsch et al. 1987:139 [ref. 6339], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:149 [ref. 38284]. •Synonym of Antennarius pictus (Shaw 1794) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:81 [ref. 20669], Mundy 2005:264 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:129 [ref. 30952], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:146 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Antennarius pictus (Shaw 1794). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

leucosoma, Antennarius Bleeker [P.] 1854:328 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 6 (no. 2); ref. 343] Larantuka, Flores Island, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 6278. Type catalog: Pietsch & Arnold 2020:149 [ref. 38284]. •Synonym of Antennarius pictus (Shaw 1794) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:81 [ref. 20669], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:146 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Antennarius pictus (Shaw 1794). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

leucus, Antennarius Fowler [H. W.] 1934:512, Fig. 53 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 86; ref. 1419] Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): ANSP 54955. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:20 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Antennarius coccineus (Lesson 1831) -- (Pietsch 1986:366 [ref. 5704], Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:145 [ref. 20669] with author as Cuvier). •Synonym of Antennarius drombus Jordan & Evermann 1903 -- (Mundy 2005:263 [ref. 28379]). •Synonym of Abantennarius coccineus (Lesson 1831). Current status: Synonym of Abantennarius coccineus (Lesson 1831). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

linearis, Antennatus Randall [J. E.] & Holcom [R. R.] 2001:138, Figs. 1-4 [Pacific Science v. 55 (no. 2); ref. 25254] Off Kahe Point, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands [central Pacific], depth 14 meters. Holotype: BPBM 38704. Paratypes: BPBM 37232 (1); SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 4605 (1), 4607 (1), 4609 (1), 56816 (1); USNM 209596 (1), 361066 (1). Plus non-type material. Type catalog: Pietsch & Arnold 2020:244 [ref. 38284]. •Valid as Antennatus linearis Randall & Holcom 2001 -- (Allen & Adrim 2003:25 [ref. 26830], Randall 2005:73 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:265 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:130 [ref. 30952], Arnold & Pietsch 2012:128 [ref. 31574], Allen & Erdmann 2012:152 [ref. 31980], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:243 [ref. 38284], Arnold & Pietsch 2022:294 [ref. 39710]). Current status: Valid as Antennatus linearis Randall & Holcom 2001. Antennariidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Comoros and Aldabra (Seychelles); Maluku (Indonesia) and Papua New Guinea; Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.). Habitat: marine.

lineatus, Saccarius Günther [A.] 1861:183 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 3; ref. 1964] Bay of Islands, New Zealand. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1979.9.25.1. Type catalog: Pietsch & Arnold 2020:103 [ref. 38284]. •Synonym of Antennarius striatus (Shaw 1794) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:58 [ref. 20669], Pietsch 1990:483 [ref. 15577], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:98 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Antennarius striatus (Shaw 1794). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

lioderma, Antennarius Bleeker [P.] 1864:178 [Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde v. 2; ref. 13924] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 6289. Type catalog: Pietsch & Arnold 2020:190 [ref. 38284]. •Synonym of Histrio histrio (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Monod & Le Danois 1973:662 [ref. 7223], Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:204 [ref. 20669], Pietsch 1990:487 [ref. 15577], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:184 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Histrio histrio (Linnaeus 1758). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

lochites, Phrynelox Schultz [L. P.] 1964:179, Pl. 1 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 116 (no. 3500); ref. 3429] Dapitan Bay, Mindanao Island, Philippines. Holotype: CAS-SU 38194. Paratypes: CAS-SU 60459 (2), USNM 197325 (1). Type catalog: Pietsch & Arnold 2020:104 [ref. 38284]. •Synonym of Antennarius striatus (Shaw 1794) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:61 [ref. 20669], Pietsch 1990:485 [ref. 15577], Lindberg et al. 1997:218 [ref. 23547], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:102 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Antennarius striatus (Shaw 1794). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

lophotes, Chironectes Cuvier [G.] 1817:428, Pl. 17 (fig. 2) [Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris v. 3; ref. 1015] Unknown locality. No types known. Type catalog: Pietsch et al. 1987:147 [ref. 6339]. •Synonym of Antennarius hispidus (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:71 [ref. 20669], Randall 2005:71 [ref. 28239], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:77 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Antennarius hispidus (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

lutescens, Antennarius Seale [A.] 1906:89, Fig. 2 [Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History v. 4 (no. 1); ref. 3999] Tahiti, Society Islands [French Polynesia, South Pacific]. Holotype (unique): BPBM 1347. Type catalog: Pietsch & Arnold 2020:117 [ref. 38284]. •Synonym of Antennarius commerson (Anonymous 1798) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:94 [ref. 20669] as commersoni and author as Latreille 1804, Pietsch & Arnold 2020:116 [ref. 38284] with author as Latreille 1804). Current status: Synonym of Antennarius commerson (Anonymous 1798). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

maculatus, Chironectes Desjardins [J.] 1840:1, Pl. 2 [Magasin de Zoologie, d'Anatomie Comparée et de Palæontologie (Sér. 2). v. 2 [for 1839]; ref. 17399] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-4626. Type catalog: Pietsch et al. 1987:139 [ref. 6339], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:126 [ref. 38284]. •Valid as Antennarius maculatus (Desjardins 1840) -- (Pietsch 1984:36 [ref. 5380], Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:87 [ref. 20669], Kuiter 1997:44 [ref. 25488], Anderson et al. 1998:22 [ref. 23611], Myers 1999:68 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:105 [ref. 24106], Pietsch 1999:2015 [ref. 24766], Nakabo 2000:457 [ref. 25086], Pietsch in Randall & Lim 2000:597 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2002:457 [ref. 26001], Randall et al. 2002:155 [ref. 26192], Allen & Adrim 2003:25 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:614 [ref. 27495], Randall 2005:71 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:640 [ref. 29066], Randall 2007:128 [ref. 30952], Motomura et al. 2010:78 [ref. 31256], Fricke et al. 2011:368 [ref. 31242], Arnold & Pietsch 2012:128 [ref. 31574], Allen & Erdmann 2012:147 [ref. 31980], Koeda et al. 2016:12 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:87 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:37 [ref. 36273], Fujiwara et al. 2020:33 [ref. 38631], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:123 [ref. 38284], Arnold & Pietsch 2022:290 [ref. 39710], Murase et al. 2023:38 [ref. 40935]). Current status: Valid as Antennarius maculatus (Desjardins 1840). Antennariidae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Madagascar, Mascarenes (Mauritius) and Maldives east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and Society Islands (French Polynesia), north to Kagoshima Prefecture (southern Japan), south to Solitary Islands (New South Wales, Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

marmoratus, Chironectes Lesson [R. P.] (ex Cuvier) 1831:144, Poissons Pl. 16 (fig. 2) [Voyage autour du monde Zool. v. 2 (pt 1); ref. 2776] Coasts of New Guinea. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

marmoratus, Lophius Shaw [G.] in Shaw & Nodder 1794:no page number, Pl. 176 (lower fig.) [The Naturalist's Miscellany; ref. 4013] Australia [as New Holland] and neighboring islands. No types known. •Synonym of Histrio histrio (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Monod & Le Danois 1973:661 [ref. 7223], Dor 1984:57 [ref. 29757]). •Doubtful status -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:261 [ref. 20669], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:354 [ref. 38284]). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

marmoratus, Lophius histrio var. Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:141 (misprint 142) [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] No locality given. Apparently independent of Lophius marmoratus Shaw 1794. •Synonym of Histrio histrio (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Golani & Fricke 2018:38 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:72 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Synonym of Histrio histrio (Linnaeus 1758). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

melas, Antennarius Bleeker [P.] 1857:70 [Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae v. 2 (art. 7); ref. 356] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 6277. Type catalog: Pietsch & Arnold 2020:103 [ref. 38284]. •Synonym of Antennarius striatus (Shaw 1794) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:58 [ref. 20669], Pietsch 1990:483 [ref. 15577], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:98 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Antennarius striatus (Shaw 1794). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

mentzelii, Chironectes Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:417 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Near Recife, Brazil. No types known. Type catalog: Pietsch et al. 1987:147 [ref. 6339]. Based on a drawing (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:56 [ref. 20669]). •Synonym of Antennarius striatus (Shaw 1794) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:56 [ref. 20669]). •Synonym of Antennarius scaber (Cuvier 1817) -- (Pietsch & Arnold 2020:89 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Antennarius scaber (Cuvier 1817). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

moai, Antennarius Allen [G. R.] 1970:521, Figs. 2c, 3 [Pacific Science v. 24 (no. 4); ref. 7713] Large tide pool between Hanga Roa and Hanga Piko, Easter Island, southeastern Pacific, depth 1 meter. Holotype: BPBM 6555 [not 6556]. Paratypes: LACM 6560-12 (1). Tape catalog: Pietsch & Arnold 2020:207 [ref. 38284]. •Valid as Antennarius moai Allen 1970 -- (Pequeño 1989:43 [ref. 14125] as mohai). •Synonym of Antennarius coccineus (Lesson 1831) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:146 [ref. 20669] with authorship as Cuvier, Dyer & Westneat 2010:601 [ref. 31446]). •Synonym of Abantennarius coccineus (Lesson 1831) -- (Pietsch & Arnold 2020:206 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Abantennarius coccineus (Lesson 1831). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

moluccensis, Antennarius Bleeker [P.] 1855:424 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 8 (no. 3); ref. 350] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 6273. Type catalog: Pietsch & Arnold 2020:117 [ref. 38284]. •Valid as Antennarius moluccensis Bleeker 1855 -- (Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:103 [ref. 6441], Kao & Lin 1986:76 [ref. 39481]). •Synonym of Antennarius commerson (Anonymous 1798), author often as Latreille 1804 -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:94 [ref. 20669] as commersoni, Randall 2005:70 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:263 [ref. 28379], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:115 [ref. 38284] with author as Latreille 1804). Current status: Synonym of Antennarius commerson (Anonymous 1798). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

multiocellatus, Chironectes Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:420 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Havana, Cuba. Lectotype: MNHN A-4591. Paralectotypes: MNHN A-4592 (1). Type catalog: Pietsch et al. 1987:140 [ref. 6339], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:134 [ref. 38284]. Lectotype selected by Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:99 [ref. 20669] but established earlier in ref. 6339. •Valid as Antennarius multiocellatus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Pietsch 1984:34 [ref. 5380], Robins & Ray 1986:87 [ref. 23100], Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:99 [ref. 20669], Dennis & Bright 1988:3 [ref. 39782], Cervigón 1991:191 [ref. 24472], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:818 [ref. 23897], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:175 [ref. 24550], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:159 [ref. 25013], Collette et al. 2003:100 [ref. 26784], Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:64 [ref. 27192], Pietsch 2003:1051 [ref. 17014], Smith et al. 2003:13 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:95 [ref. 27807], Wirtz et al. 2007:7, 26 [ref. 30263], Arnold & Pietsch 2012:128 [ref. 31574], Page et al. 2013:97 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Collette 2013:169 [ref. 32953], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:29 [ref. 33341], Wirtz et al. 2014:4 [ref. 33516], Raz-Guzmán et al. 2018:346 [ref. 36407], Carneiro et al. 2019:213 [ref. 37250], Reiner 2019:122 [ref. 38139], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:131 [ref. 38284], Robertson et al. 2020:150 [ref. 38098], Caires et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:675 [ref. 38945], Escobar-Sierra et al. 2021:78 [ref. 38844], Fermon et al. 2022:301 [ref. 39448], Carvalho-Filho 2023:85 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Antennarius multiocellatus (Valenciennes 1837). Antennariidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Bermuda and eastern Florida (U.S.A.) south to São Paulo (Brazil), including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea; southern-central Atlantic: Ascension Island; eastern Atlantic: ?Gabon, São Tomé and Principe; Azores (Portugal) record needs verification. Habitat: marine.

neocaledoniensis, Abantennarius Le Danois [Y.] 1964:126, Fig. 63 [Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (N. S.) (Série A) Zoologie v. 31 (no. 1); ref. 6571] New Caledonia. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-4589. Type catalog: Pietsch et al. 1987:137 [ref. 6339], Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:146 [ref. 20669], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:207 [ref. 38284]. •Synonym of Antennarius coccineus (Lesson 1831) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:146 [ref. 20669] with author as Cuvier, Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:321 [ref. 28867] with author as Danois, Dyer & Westneat 2010:601 [ref. 31446]). •Synonym of Abantennarius coccineus (Lesson 1831) -- (Pietsch & Arnold 2020:206 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Abantennarius coccineus (Lesson 1831). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

nesogallicus, Chironectes Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:401 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Lectotype: MNHN A-4612. Paralectotypes: MNHN A-0563 (1), 3564 (1). Type catalog: Pietsch et al. 1987:140 [ref. 6339], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:189 [ref. 38284]. Lectotype selected in Le Danois 1964:130 [ref. 6571]. Appeared as Antennarius nesogallicus in Cuvier 1831:159, Pl. 51 (fig. 2) [ref. 26488], and in Griffith & Smith 1834:Pl. 44 (fig. 2) (opp. p. 246) [ref. 1908] (would be available from figure caption). •Synonym of Histrio histrio (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Monod & Le Danois 1973:662 [ref. 7223], Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:202 [ref. 20669], Pietsch 1990:487 [ref. 15577], Fricke 1999:109 [ref. 24106], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:182 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Histrio histrio (Linnaeus 1758). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

nexilis, Antennarius Snyder [J. O.] 1904:537, Pl. 13 (fig. 23) [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 22 [1902]; ref. 4149] Honolulu, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype: USNM 50883. Paratypes: CAS-SU 7735 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:148 [ref. 12291], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:216 [ref. 38284]. •Synonym of Antennarius coccineus (Lesson 1831) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:145 [ref. 20669] with author as Cuvier). •Synonym of Antennarius drombus Jordan & Evermann 1903 -- (Mundy 2005:263 [ref. 28379]). •Synonym of Abantennarius drombus (Jordan & Evermann 1930) -- (Pietsch & Arnold 2020:216 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Abantennarius drombus (Jordan & Evermann 1903). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

niger, Chironectes Garrett [A.] 1864:107 [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 1) v. 3; ref. 18276] Hawaiian Islands. Holotype (unique): destroyed in 1906 fire. •Synonym of Antennarius pictus (Shaw 1794) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:81 [ref. 20669], Mundy 2005:264 [ref. 28379], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:147 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Antennarius pictus (Shaw 1794). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

nigromaculatus, Antennarius Playfair [R. L.] 1869:239 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1869 (pt 2); ref. 14099] Zanzibar, Tanzania, western Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1869.1.29.29. Type catalog: Pietsch & Arnold 2020:149 [ref. 38284]. •Synonym of Antennarius pictus (Shaw 1794) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:81 [ref. 20669], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:147 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Antennarius pictus (Shaw 1794). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

nitidus, Antennarius Bennett [E. T.] 1827:375, Pl. 9 (fig. 2) [Zoological Journal, London v. 3 (no. 11, art. 37); ref. 16782] Probably from Cape of Good Hope [purchased in Piccadilly]. Syntypes: (4). •Synonym of Histrio histrio (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Monod & Le Danois 1973:662 [ref. 7223], Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:202 [ref. 20669], Pietsch 1990:486 [ref. 15577], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:181 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Histrio histrio (Linnaeus 1758). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

niveus, Antennarius Fowler [H. W.] 1946:215, Fig. 75 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 98; ref. 1456] Aguni Shima, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Holotype (unique): ANSP 72088. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:20 [ref. 13621], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:213 [ref. 38284]. •Synonym of Antennarius dorehensis Bleeker 1859 -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:166 [ref. 20669]). •Synonym of Abantennarius dorehensis (Bleeker 1859) -- (Pietsch & Arnold 2020:213 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Abantennarius dorehensis (Bleeker 1859). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

notophthalmus, Antennarius Bleeker [P.] 1854:544 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 5 (no. 3); ref. 16913] Djungkulon, southwestern Java, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 6280. Type catalog: Pietsch & Arnold 2020:156 [ref. 38284]. •Valid as Antennarius notophthalus Bleeker 1853 -- (Dor 1984:56 [ref. 29757], Goren & Dor 1994:14 [ref. 25356]). •Synonym of Antennarius biocellatus (Cuvier 1817) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:174 [ref. 20669], Kottelat 2013:274 [ref. 32989], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:155 [ref. 38284] dated 1853). Current status: Synonym of Antennarius biocellatus (Cuvier 1817). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

nox, Antennarius Jordan [D. S.] 1902:375, Fig. 6 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 24 (no. 1261); ref. 14883] Nagasaki, Japan. Lectotype: CAS-SU 7603. Paralectotypes: CAS-SU 7599 (2), 7601 (1); USNM 49819 (1), 164192 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:148 [ref. 12291], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:103 [ref. 38284]. Lectotype established by Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:58 by referrence to Böhlke 1953:148 [ref. 12291] who did not establish the lectotype. •Valid as Phrynelox nox (Jordan 1902) -- (Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:103 [ref. 6441]). •Synonym of Antennarius striatus (Shaw 1794) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:58 [ref. 20669], Pietsch 1990:484 [ref. 15577], Lindberg et al. 1997:218 [ref. 23547], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:100 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Antennarius striatus (Shaw 1794). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

nummifer, Chironectes Cuvier [G.] 1817:430, Pl. 17 (fig. 4) [Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris v. 3; ref. 1015] Unknown locality. Holotype: MNHN 0000-0181. Type catalog: Pietsch et al. 1987:140 [ref. 6339], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:226 [ref. 38284]. •Valid as Antennarius nummifer (Cuvier 1817) -- (Pietsch 1984:36 [ref. 5380], Dor 1984:56 [ref. 29757], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:103 [ref. 6441], Pietsch in Whitehead et al. 1986:1365 [ref. 13677], Pietsch 1986:368 [ref. 5704], Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:138 [ref. 20669], Edwards & Glass 1987:631 [ref. 9166], Allen & Swainston 1988:38 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:278 [ref. 12442], Paulin et al. 1989:134 [ref. 24556], Randall et al. 1990:54 [ref. 15987], Francis 1993:158 [ref. 25479], Goren & Dor 1994:14 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:83 [ref. 22896], Santos et al. 1997:62 [ref. 23531], Allen 1997:62 [ref. 23977], Lindberg et al. 1997:216 [ref. 23547], Carpenter et al. 1997:126 [ref. 23922], Arruda 1997:125 [ref. 24952], Kuiter 1997:44 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:54 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:69 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:106 [ref. 24106], Pietsch 1999:2015 [ref. 24766], Allen 2000:85 [ref. 37268], Nakabo 2000:458 [ref. 25086], Pietsch in Randall & Lim 2000:597 [ref. 25122], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:45 [ref. 25480], Hutchins 2001:22 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:458 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:25 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S99 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:614 [ref. 27495], Mishra & Krishnan 2003:23 [ref. 27712], Heemstra et al. 2004:3317 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:71 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:264 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:640 [ref. 29066], Randall 2007:129 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:28 [ref. 30213], Motomura 2009:41 [ref. 30446], Fricke et al. 2011:368 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:147 [ref. 31980], Yoshida et al. 2013:55 [ref. 34464], Fricke et al. 2014:35 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:5 [ref. 33988], Psomadakis et al. 2015:174 [ref. 34104], Hoschke et al. 2019:154 [ref. 36626]). •Valid as Antennatus nummifer (Cuvier 1817) -- (Arnold & Pietsch 2012:128 [ref. 31574], Stewart 2015:885 [ref. 34254], Pietsch 2016:2053 [ref. 34597], Fricke et al. 2018:88 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:38 [ref. 36273], Arndt & Fricke 2019:10 [ref. 36883], Brown et al. 2019:181 [ref. 36444], Carneiro et al. 2019:213 [ref. 37250], Eagderi et al. 2019:33 [ref. 37020], Psomadakis et al. 2020:330 [ref. 37272], Sonoyama et al. 2020:32 [ref. 37637], Abdurahman in Motomura et al. 2021:13 [ref. 38121], Parvej et al. 2021:176 [ref. 38658], Arnold & Pietsch 2022:295 [ref. 39710]). •Valid as Abantennarius nummifer (Cuvier 1817) -- (Pietsch & Arnold 2020:222 [ref. 38284], Vilasri et al. 2023:74 [ref. 40764]). Current status: Valid as Abantennarius nummifer (Cuvier 1817). Antennariidae. Distribution: Southern-central Atlantic: Saint Helena; eastern Atlantic: Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands, Cape Verde Islands; Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Aliwal Shoal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and Society Islands (French Polynesia), north to Sea of Japan, south to Rottnest Island (Western Australia) and northern New Zealand. Habitat: marine.

nuttingii, Antennarius Garman [S.] 1896:83, Pl. 2 [Bulletin of the Laboratory of Natural Science University of Iowa v. 4; ref. 14605] Haiti, West Indies. Lectotype: MCZ 11652. Paralectotypes: MCZ 11660 (1). Type catalog: Pietsch & Arnold 2020:91 [ref. 38284]. Lectotype selected by Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:58 [ref. 20669]. •Valid as Phrynelox nuttingi (Garman 1896) -- (Uyeno & Aizawa in Uyeno et al. 1983:246 [ref. 14275]). •Synonym of Antennarius striatus (Shaw 1794) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:58 [ref. 20669], Pietsch 1990:484 [ref. 15577]). •Synonym of Antennarius scaber (Cuvier 1817) -- (Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:161 [ref. 25013], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:90 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Antennarius scaber (Cuvier 1817). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

occidentalis, Antennarius (Triantennatus) Cadenat [J.] 1959:381, Figs. 2, 12-17, 25, 26 [Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire (Sér A) Sciences Naturelles v. 21 (no. 1); ref. 11983] Mindelo, Cape Verde Islands. Lectotype: MNHN 1982-0136 [ex IFAN 51-15]. Paralectotypes: IFAN 4747-49 (1, 1, 1), 49-161 (1), 49-236 (1), 49-238 (1), 55-1587 (1), 55-1617 (1); MNHN 1982-0137 to 1982-0148 [ex IFAN] (12, 1 ea lot). Type catalog: Pietsch et al. 1987:137-138 [ref. 6339], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:103 [ref. 38284]. Lectotype selected by Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:60 [ref. 20669] but actually established first in Pietsch et al. 1987:137 [ref. 6339]. •Synonym of Antennarius striatus (Shaw 1794) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:60 [ref. 20669], Pietsch 1990:485 [ref. 15577], Lindberg et al. 1997:218 [ref. 23547], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:102 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Antennarius striatus (Shaw 1794). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

ocellatus, Lophius histrio var. Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] (ex Parra) 1801:142 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Mare Hauannam aluens [Havana, Cuba]. No types known. Bloch specimens: ZMB 2229 (1). Based on the 'Pescador' of Parra 1787:1, Pl. 1 [ref. 6840]. •Valid as Antennarius ocellatus (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Pietsch 1984:36 [ref. 5380], Robins & Ray 1986:88 [ref. 23100], Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:131 [ref. 20669], Scott & Scott 1988:237 [ref. 25518], McAllister 1990:228 [ref. 14674], Cervigón 1991:189 [ref. 24472], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:819 [ref. 23897], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:160 [ref. 25013], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:153 [ref. 27754], Pietsch 2003:1051 [ref. 17014], Smith et al. 2003:13 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:95 [ref. 27807]). •Valid as Fowlerichthys ocellatus (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Arnold & Pietsch 2012:128 [ref. 31574], Smith-Vaniz & Collette 2013:169 [ref. 32953], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:55 [ref. 38284], Robertson et al. 2022:86 [ref. 39353], Carvalho-Filho 2023:85 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Fowlerichthys ocellatus (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Antennariidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: North Carolina (U.S.A.) south to French Guiana, including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. Habitat: brackish, marine.

oligospilos, Antennarius Bleeker [P.] 1857:70 [Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae v. 2 (art. 7); ref. 356] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 6286. Type catalog: Pietsch & Arnold 2020:126 [ref. 38284]. •Synonym of Antennarius maculatus (Desjardins 1840) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:87 [ref. 20669], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:124 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Antennarius maculatus (Desjardins 1840). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

pardalis, Chironectes Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:420, Pl. 363 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Gorée, Senegal. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-4597. Type catalog: Pietsch et al. 1987:140 [ref. 6339], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:142 [ref. 38284]. •Valid as Antennarius pardalis (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Pietsch 1984:36 [ref. 5380], Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:107 [ref. 20669], Pietsch 1990:481 [ref. 15577], Paugy in Lévêque et al. 1992:572 [ref. 21590], Afonso et al. 1999:83 [ref. 25466] with question, Wirtz et al. 2007:7, 27 [ref. 30263], Arnold & Pietsch 2012:128 [ref. 31574], Wirtz et al. 2013:119 [ref. 32972], Pietsch 2016:2053 [ref. 34597], Reiner 2019:123 [ref. 38139], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:140 [ref. 38284], Fermon et al. 2022:301 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Antennarius pardalis (Valenciennes 1837). Antennariidae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Senegal south to Congo, including Cape Verde Islands, and São Tomé and Principe. Habitat: marine.

pauciradiatus, Antennarius Schultz [L. P.] 1957:100, Fig. 7 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 107 (no. 3383); ref. 3969] Off Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.A., depth 30-40 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 153226. Paratypes: FMNH 50249 (2); USNM 82583 (1), 116764 (2), 153146-48 (2, 2, 1), 153223 (2). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:9 [ref. 12367], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:161 [ref. 38284]. •Valid as Antennarius pauciradiatus Schultz 1957 -- (Pietsch 1984:36 [ref. 5380], Robins & Ray 1986:88 [ref. 23100], Pietsch & Grobecker 1987: [ref. 20669], Cervigón 1991:192 [ref. 24472], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:820 [ref. 23897], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:160 [ref. 25013], Collette et al. 2003:100 [ref. 26784], Pietsch 2003:1051 [ref. 17014], Smith et al. 2003:13 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:95 [ref. 27807], Randall 2005:72 [ref. 28239], Arnold & Pietsch 2012:128 [ref. 31574], Page et al. 2013:97 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:29 [ref. 33341], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:161 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Valid as Antennarius pauciradiatus Schultz 1957. Antennariidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Bermuda and eastern Florida (U.S.A.) south to Colombia, including northern and western Caribbean Sea. Habitat: marine.

pavoninus, Chironectes Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:421 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Unknown locality. No types known. Type catalog: Pietsch et al. 1987:147 [ref. 6339]. •Synonym of Antennarius multiocellatus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:99 [ref. 20669], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:132 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Antennarius multiocellatus (Valenciennes 1837). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

pelagicus, Lophius Banks [J.] in Beaglehole 1962:272 [The "Endeavour" journal of Joseph Banks, 1768-1771 v. 2; ref. 20682] Not available, mentioned in passing and questionably in synonymy and not intended as a new species description. •In the synonymy of Histrio histrio (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:202 [ref. 20669], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:189 [ref. 38284]). Nomen Nudum. Current status: Synonym of Histrio histrio (Linnaeus 1758). Antennariidae.

peravok, Chironectes Montrouzier [X.] 1857:467 [189] [Annales de la Société d'Agriculture, Histoire Naturelle et Arts Utiles de Lyon (sér. 2) v. 8 (1856); ref. 17789] On p. 189 of reprint. Not available, manuscript name mentioned in passing in synonymy under Chironectes leprosus; from Woodlark I., South Pacific. •In the synonymy of Antennarius pictus (Shaw 1794) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:81 [ref. 20669], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:146 [ref. 38284]). Nomen Nudum. Current status: Synonym of Antennarius pictus (Shaw 1794). Antennariidae.

phymatodes, Antennarius Bleeker [P.] 1857:69 [Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae v. 2 (art. 7); ref. 356] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 6285. Type catalog: Pietsch & Arnold 2020:126 [ref. 38284]. •Valid as Antennarius phymatodes Bleeker 1857 -- (Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:103 [ref. 6441]). •Synonym of Antennarius maculatus (Desjardins 1840) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:87 [ref. 20669], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:124 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Antennarius maculatus (Desjardins 1840). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

pictus, Chironectes Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:393, Pl. 364 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Suriname. Lectotype: MNHN A-4603. Type catalog: Pietsch et al. 1987:140-141 [ref. 6339], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:189 [ref. 38284]. Lectotype selected in Le Danois 1964:130 [ref. 6571]. •Synonym of Histrio histrio (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:202 [ref. 20669], Scott & Scott 1988:238 [ref. 25518], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:161 [ref. 25013]). Current status: Synonym of Histrio histrio (Linnaeus 1758). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

pictus, Lophius Shaw [G.] in Shaw & Nodder 1794:no page number, Pl. 176 (upper fig.) [The Naturalist's Miscellany; ref. 4013] Tahiti, Society Islands. Neotype: BPBM 15441. Type catalog: Pietsch & Arnold 2020:149 [ref. 38284]. Neotype designated by Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:79 [ref. 20669]. •Valid as Antennarius pictus (Shaw 1794) -- (Pietsch 1984:34 [ref. 5380], Pietsch 1986:368 [ref. 5704], Allen & Swainston 1988:38 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:278 [ref. 12442], Randall et al. 1990:55 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:47 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:158 [ref. 25479], Goren & Dor 1994:14 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:84 [ref. 22896], Lindberg et al. 1997:217 [ref. 23547], Allen 1997:62 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:44 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:55 [ref. 25919], Anderson et al. 1998:22 [ref. 23611], Myers 1999:69 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:106 [ref. 24106], Pietsch 1999:2015 [ref. 24766], Johnson 1999:724 [ref. 25471], Nakabo 2000:457 [ref. 25086], Pietsch in Randall & Lim 2000:597 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:22 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:457 [ref. 26001], Randall et al. 2002:155 [ref. 26192], Allen & Adrim 2003:25 [ref. 26830] with authors as Shaw & Nodder, Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S99 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:614 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:8 [ref. 27624] with authors as Shaw & Nodder, Randall 2005:72 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:264 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:640 [ref. 29066] with authorship as Shaw & Nodder, Randall 2007:129 [ref. 30952] with authorship as Shaw & Nodder, Fricke et al. 2009:28 [ref. 30213], Motomura 2009:41 [ref. 30446], Motomura et al. 2010:78 [ref. 31256], Fricke et al. 2011:368 [ref. 31242], Arnold & Pietsch 2012:128 [ref. 31574], Allen & Erdmann 2012:148 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:54 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:35 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2018:88 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:38 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:72 [ref. 36673], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:145 [ref. 38284], Arnold & Pietsch 2022:291 [ref. 39710], Murase et al. 2023:38 [ref. 40935]). Current status: Valid as Antennarius pictus (Shaw 1794). Antennariidae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Aliwal Shoals (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and Society Islands (French Polynesia), north to southern Japan and Midway Atoll, south to Western Australia, New South Wales (Australia), Lord Howe Island (Australia), Norfolk Island (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

pictus, Lophius histrio var. Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:141 (misprint 142) [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] No locality given. Apparently independent of Lophius pictus Shaw 1794. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Lophius pictus Shaw 1794. 1°Homonym. Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

pinniceps, Antennarius Valenciennes [A.] (ex Commerson) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:410 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Not available, name only. Validly published by Bleeker 1856. •Not available -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:57 [ref. 20669]). Nomen Nudum. Current status: Synonym of Antennarius striatus (Shaw 1794). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

pinniceps, Antennarius Bleeker [P.] (ex Commerson) 1856:49 [Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae v. 1; ref. 311] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Lectotype: RMNH 6271. Paralectotypes: RMNH (1, not found). Type catalog: Pietsch & Arnold 2020:103 [ref. 38284]. Lectotype selected by Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:57 [ref. 20669]. •Synonym of Antennarius striatus (Shaw 1794) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:57 [ref. 20669], Edwards & Glass 1987:631 [ref. 9166], Pietsch 1990:483 [ref. 15577], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:98 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Antennarius striatus (Shaw 1794). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

pleurophthalmus, Antennarius Gill [T. N.] 1863:92 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 15; ref. 1680] Charlotte Harbor, Florida, U.S.A. Holotype (unique): USNM 5886. Type catalog: Pietsch & Arnold 2020:56 [ref. 38284]. •Synonym of Antennarius ocellatus (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:132 [ref. 20669]). •Synonym of Fowlerichthys ocellatus (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Pietsch & Arnold 2020:56 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Fowlerichthys ocellatus (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

polyophthalmus, Antennarius Bleeker [P.] 1852:644 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 3 (no. 4); ref. 16830] Banda Neira, Banda Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 6284. Type catalog: Pietsch & Arnold 2020:149 [ref. 38284]. •Synonym of Antennarius pictus (Shaw 1794) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:81 [ref. 20669], Randall 2007:129 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:28 [ref. 30213], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:146 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Antennarius pictus (Shaw 1794). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

portoricensis, Antennarius Stahl [A.] 1882:246 [Catálogo del gabinete zoológico del Dr. A. Stahl en Bayamon (Pto. Rico); ref. 20683] Puerto Rico. No types known. Not available, no description. •Nomen dubium -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:264 [ref. 20669], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:356 [ref. 38284]). Nomen Nudum. Antennariidae.

princeps, Antennarius Gill [T. N.] 1863:90 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 15; ref. 1680] Appeared as Cheironectes Cuv. nec Illiger. Type Antennarius princeps Comm." Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:264 [ref. 20669] considered as a nomen dubium, but since there is no A. princeps Commerson and no destinguishing features provided, we consider it as not available, no distinguishing features. •Nomen dubium -- (Pietsch & Arnold 2020:356 [ref. 38284]). Nomen Nudum. Antennariidae.

principis, Chironectes Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:416 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Vicinity of Recife, Brazil. No types known. Type catalog: Pietsch et al. 1987:148 [ref. 6339]. •Synonym of Antennarius multiocellatus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:99 [ref. 20669], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:160 [ref. 25013], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:131 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Antennarius multiocellatus (Valenciennes 1837). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

punctatissimus, Antennarius Fowler [H. W.] 1946:216, Fig. 76 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 98; ref. 1456] Aguni Shima, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Holotype (unique): ANSP 72089. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:20 [ref. 13621], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:213 [ref. 38284]. •Synonym of Antennarius dorehensis Bleeker 1859 -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:167 [ref. 20669]). •Synonym of Abantennarius dorehensis (Bleeker 1859) -- (Pietsch & Arnold 2020:213 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Abantennarius dorehensis (Bleeker 1859). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

radiosus, Antennarius Garman [S.] 1896:85, Pl. 1 [Bulletin of the Laboratory of Natural Science University of Iowa v. 4; ref. 14605] Off Key West, Florida, U.S.A., 24°34'N, 83°16'W, depth 36 fathoms [locality possibly St. Vincent in 50 fathoms, not station 27]. Lectotype: MCZ 35215. Paralectotypes: MCZ (1, probably never at MCZ). Type catalog: Pietsch & Arnold 2020:61 [ref. 38284]. Lectotype selected in Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:118 [ref. 20669]. •Valid as Antennarius radiosus Garman 1896 -- (Monod & Le Danois 1973:664 [ref. 7223], Uyeno & Aizawa in Uyeno et al. 1983:248 [ref. 14275], Pietsch 1984:36 [ref. 5380], Pietsch in Whitehead et al. 1986:1366 [ref. 13677], Robins & Ray 1986:88 [ref. 23100], Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:118 [ref. 20669], Cervigón 1991:190 [ref. 24472], Boschung 1992:79 [ref. 23239], Santos et al. 1997:125 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:125 [ref. 24952], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:821 [ref. 23897], Aguilera 1998:47 [ref. 24221], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:161 [ref. 25013], Pietsch 2003:1051 [ref. 17014], Nelson et al. 2004:95 [ref. 27807]). •Valid as Fowlerichthys radiosus (Garman 1896) -- (Arnold & Pietsch 2012:128 [ref. 31574], Page et al. 2013:97 [ref. 32708], Pietsch 2016:2053 [ref. 34597], Carneiro et al. 2019:213 [ref. 37250], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:60 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Valid as Fowlerichthys radiosus (Garman 1896). Antennariidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: New York (U.S.A.) south to French Guiana, including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea; eastern Atlantic: Azores, Madeira. Habitat: marine.

randalli, Antennarius Allen [G. R.] 1970:518, Figs. 1, 2a [Pacific Science v. 24 (no. 4); ref. 7713] Off Motu Tautara, western coast of Easter Island, southeastern Pacific, depth 20 meters. Holotype: BPBM 6554. Paratypes: BPBM 6553 (1), CAS 24417 (1), USNM 204310 (1). Type catalog: Pietsch & Arnold 2020:164 [ref. 38284]. •Valid as Antennarius randalli Allen 1970 -- (Pietsch 1984:36 [ref. 5380], Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:178 [ref. 20669], Pequeño 1989:43 [ref. 14125], Randall et al. 1993:229 [ref. 21003], Myers 1999:69 [ref. 23965], Pietsch 1999:2015 [ref. 24766], Pietsch in Randall & Lim 2000:597 [ref. 25122], Senou & Kawamoto 2002:2 [ref. 25971], Allen & Adrim 2003:25 [ref. 26830], Randall 2005:72 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:265 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:130 [ref. 30952], Arnold & Pietsch 2012:128 [ref. 31574], Allen & Erdmann 2012:150 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:35 [ref. 33932], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:163 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Valid as Antennarius randalli Allen 1970. Antennariidae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Cocos-Keeling Islands and Indonesia east to Hawaiian Islands and Easter Island, north to Japan, south to Papua New Guinea. Habitat: marine.

raninus, Lophius Tilesius [W. G. von] 1809:245, Pls. 16-17 [Mémoires de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou v. 2 (art. 20); ref. 4406] Sea of Japan. No types known. •Synonym of Histrio histrio (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Monod & Le Danois 1973:662 [ref. 7223], Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:201 [ref. 20669], Pietsch 1990:486 [ref. 15577], Lindberg et al. 1997:222 [ref. 23547], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:161 [ref. 25013], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:180 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Histrio histrio (Linnaeus 1758). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

reticularis, Antennarius Gilbert [C. H.] 1892:566 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 14 (no. 880); ref. 1626] Gulf of California, Mexico, 24°22'15"N, 110°19'15"W, Albatross station 2825, depth 7 meters. Holotype (unique): USNM 48260. Type catalog: Pietsch & Arnold 2020:249 [ref. 38284]. •Synonym of Antennatus strigatus (Gill 1863) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:189 [ref. 20669], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:248 [ref. 38284]) Current status: Synonym of Antennatus strigatus (Gill 1863). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

reticulatus, Chironectes Eydoux [J. F. T.] & Souleyet [F. A.] 1850:186, Pl. 5 (fig. 2) [Voyage autour du monde; ref. 4501] Hawaiian Islands. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-4616. Type catalog: Pietsch et al. 1987:141 [ref. 6339], Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:193 [ref. 20669], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:254 [ref. 38284]. •Synonym of Antennatus tuberosus (Cuvier 1817) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:192 [ref. 20669], Randall 2005:73 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:265 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:131 [ref. 30952], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:251 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Antennatus tuberosus (Cuvier 1817). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

rosaceus, Antennarius Smith [H. M.] & Radcliffe [L.] in Radcliffe 1912:203, Pl. 17 (fig. 2) [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 42 (no. 1896); ref. 3577] Romblon, Philippines. Holotype (unique): USNM 70266. Type catalog: Pietsch & Arnold 2020:231 [ref. 38284]. •Valid as Antennarius rosaceus Smith & Radcliffe 1912 -- (Pietsch 1984:36 [ref. 5380], Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:170 [ref. 20669], Paxton et al. 1989:278 [ref. 12442], Yokota et al. 1992:4 [ref. 24318], Francis 1993:158 [ref. 25479], Goren & Dor 1994:14 [ref. 25356], Myers 1999:69 [ref. 23965], Pietsch 1999:2015 [ref. 24766], Nakabo 2000:458 [ref. 25086], Hutchins 2001:22 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:458 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:25 [ref. 26830], Randall 2005:72 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:640 [ref. 29066], Fricke et al. 2011:368 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:150 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:35 [ref. 33932]). •Valid as Antennatus rosaceus (Smith & Radcliffe 1912) -- (Arnold & Pietsch 2012:128 [ref. 31574], Golani & Fricke 2018:38 [ref. 36273]). •Valid as Abantennarius rosaceus (Smith & Radcliffe 1912) -- (Pietsch & Arnold 2020:230 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Valid as Abantennarius rosaceus (Smith & Radcliffe 1912). Antennariidae. Distribution: Red Sea; western Pacific: Philippines and Papua New Guinea east to Marshall and Samoan islands, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to Lord Howe Island and Loyalty Islands (New Caledonia). Habitat: marine.

rubrofuscus, Chironectes Garrett [A.] 1863:64 [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 1) v. 3; ref. 13928] Hawaiian Islands. Holotype (unique): destroyed in fire of 1906. Type catalog: Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:94 [ref. 20669]. Originally as rubro-fuscus. •Synonym of Antennarius commerson (Anonymous 1798), author often as Latreille 1804 -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:94 [ref. 20669] as commersoni, Mundy 2005:263 [ref. 28379], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:115 [ref. 38284] with author as Latreille 1804). Current status: Synonym of Antennarius commerson (Anonymous 1798). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

sandvicensis, Lophius Bennett [F. D.] 1840:258, fig'd. [Narrative of a whaling voyage round the globe v. 2; ref. 260] Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands. Holotype (unique): No type known. •Synonym of Antennarius pictus (Shaw 1794) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:80 [ref. 20669], Mundy 2005:264 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:129 [ref. 30952], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:146 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Antennarius pictus (Shaw 1794). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

sanguifluus, Antennarius Jordan [D. S.] 1902:374, Fig. 5 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 24 (no. 1261); ref. 14883] Misaki, Japan. Lectotype: CAS-SU 7600. Paralectotypes: USNM 49820 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:148 [ref. 12291], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:226 [ref. 38284]. Lectotype established by Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:140 by referrence to Böhlke 1953:148 [ref. 12291] who did not establish the lectotype. Type information: Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:140 [ref. 20669]. Types: Shinohara & Williams 2006:553 [ref. 31656]. •Synonym of Antennarius nummifer (Cuvier 1817) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:140 [ref. 20669]). •Synonym of Abantennarius nummifer (Cuvier 1817) -- (Pietsch & Arnold 2020:226 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Abantennarius nummifer (Cuvier 1817). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

sanguineus, Antennarius Gill [T. N.] 1863:91 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 15; ref. 1680] Cape San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico. Lectotype: USNM 6393. Paralectotypes: USNM 224077 (1). Type catalog: Pietsch & Arnold 2020:234 [ref. 38284]. Lectotype selected by Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:157 [ref. 20669]. •Valid as Antennarius sanguineus Gill 1863 -- (Pietsch 1984:36 [ref. 5380], Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:157 [ref. 20669], Allen & Robertson 1994:82 [ref. 22193], Schneider & Lavenberg in Fischer et al. 1995:857 [ref. 22829], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:53 [ref. 24545], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:233 [ref. 24023], Watson 1998:220 [ref. 23634], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:221 [ref. 24555], Thomson et al. 2000:55 [ref. 25640], Nelson et al. 2004:96 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:58 [ref. 37547], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:200 [ref. 28944], Dyer & Westneat 2010:599 [ref. 31446], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:190 [ref. 30957], Fourriére et al. 2016:442 [ref. 34668], González-Murcia et al. 2019:308 [ref. 36544]). •Valid as Antennatus sanguineus (Gill 1863) -- (Arnold & Pietsch 2012:128 [ref. 31574], Page et al. 2013:97 [ref. 32708], Palacios-Salgado et al. 2014:237 [ref. 36362], Galván-Villa et al. 2016:144 [ref. 34871], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:607 [ref. 34923]). •Valid as Abantennarius sanguineus (Gill 1863) -- (Pietsch & Arnold 2020:233 [ref. 38284], Love et al. 2021:86 [ref. 39279], Vela-Espinosa et al. 2023:12 [ref. 40981]). Current status: Valid as Abantennarius sanguineus (Gill 1863). Antennariidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of southern Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to Chile, including southern Gulf of California (Mexico), Revillagigedo Islands (Mexico), Clipperton Island (France), Cocos Island (Costa Rica), Gorgona Island (Colombia) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: marine.

sarasa, Antennarius Tanaka [S.] 1916:143 [Dobutsugaku Zasshi = Zoological Magazine Tokyo v. 28 (no. 330); ref. 4326] Tokyo fish market, Japan. Holotype: ZUMT 7185 (apparently lost). Paratypes: (2) ZUMT (lost). Species originally published in Japanese in above reference, later illustrated and described in more detail in English and Japanese in Tanaka 1916:432, Pl. 119 (fig. 346) [ref. 14939]. •Valid as Antennarius sarasa Tanaka 1916 -- (Pietsch 1984:36 [ref. 5380], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:103 [ref. 6441], Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:123 [ref. 20669], Paulin et al. 1989:134 [ref. 24556], Randall 1995:84 [ref. 22896], Lindberg et al. 1997:215 [ref. 23547], Fricke 1999:107 [ref. 24106]). •Synonym of Antennarius scriptissimus Jordan 1902 -- (Pietsch in Randall & Lim 2000:597 [ref. 25122], Randall et al. 2002:156 [ref. 26192]). •Synonym of Fowlerichthys scriptissimus (Jordan 1902) -- (Pietsch & Arnold 2020:64 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Fowlerichthys scriptissimus (Jordan 1902). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

scaber, Chironectes Cuvier [G.] 1817:425, Pl. 16 [Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris v. 3; ref. 1015] Martinique, West Indies. Neotype: MNHN A4545. Type catalog: Pietsch et al. 1987:148 [ref. 6339], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:91 [ref. 38284]. Original type localities Antilles and near Tonneliers Island, Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Neotype selected by Pietsch & Arnold 2020:91 [ref. 38284]. •Valid as Phrynelox scaber (Cuvier 1817) -- (Uyeno & Aizawa in Uyeno et al. 1983:247 [ref. 14275]). •Valid as Antennarius scaber (Cuvier 1817) -- (Robins & Ray 1986:88 [ref. 23100], Cervigón 1991:193 [ref. 24472], Aguilera 1998:47 [ref. 24221], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:161 [ref. 25013], Smith-Vaniz & Collette 2013:169 [ref. 32953]). •Synonym of Histrio histrio (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Fricke 1999:109 [ref. 24106]). •Synonym of Antennarius striatus (Shaw 1794) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:56 [ref. 20669], Pietsch 1990:483 [ref. 15577], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:175 [ref. 24550], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:153 [ref. 27754]). •Valid as Antennarius scaber (Cuvier 1817) -- (Herrera 1896:72 [ref. 39336], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:29 [ref. 33341] but needing a lectotype designation, Pietsch & Arnold 2020:86 [ref. 38284], Carvalho-Filho 2023:84 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Antennarius scaber (Cuvier 1817). Antennariidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: New York (U.S.A.) and Bermuda south to Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil), including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. Habitat: marine.

scriptissimus, Antennarius Jordan [D. S.] 1902:373, Fig. 4 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 24 (no. 1261); ref. 14883] Boshu, Awa Province [Bōsō Peninsula, Chiba Prefecture, Japan]. Holotype (unique): ZUMT [Imperial Museum, Tokyo] (stuffed). •Synonym of Antennarius striatus (Shaw 1794) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:58 [ref. 20669], Lindberg et al. 1997:218 [ref. 23547], Pietsch 1999:2015 [ref. 24766], Choi et al. 2003:542 [ref. 26218]). •Valid as Antennarius scriptissimus Jordan 1902 -- (Nakabo 2000:456 [ref. 25086], Pietsch in Randall & Lim 2000:597 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2002:456 [ref. 26001], Randall et al. 2002:156 [ref. 26192], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S99 [ref. 27377], Fricke et al. 2009:28 [ref. 30213]). •Valid as Fowlerichthys scriptissimus (Jordan 1902) -- (Arnold & Pietsch 2012:128 [ref. 31574], Stewart 2015:886 [ref. 34254], Kim et al. 2020:75 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:32 [ref. 37637], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:63 [ref. 38284], Arnold & Pietsch 2022:296 [ref. 39710]). Current status: Valid as Fowlerichthys scriptissimus (Jordan 1902). Antennariidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Oman and western Mascarenes (La Réunion) east to Philippines, Cook Islands and Society Islands, north to Sea of Japan (Korea and Japan), south to New Zealand. Habitat: marine.

scutatus, Kanazawaichthys Schultz [L. P.] 1957:63, Pl. 14 (fig. A) [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 107 (no. 3383); ref. 3969] Gulf of Mexico, 28°10'N, 87°51'W, Oregon station 1273. Holotype: USNM 157919. Paratypes: USNM 157920 (2), 174946 (1). Type catalog: Pietsch & Arnold 2020:61 [ref. 38284]. •Synonym of Antennarius radiosus Garman 1896 -- (Monod & Le Danois 1973:664 [ref. 7223], Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:119 [ref. 20669]). •Synonym of Fowlerichthys radiosus (Garman 1896) -- (Pietsch & Arnold 2020:61 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Fowlerichthys radiosus (Garman 1896). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

senegalensis, Antennarius (Fowlerichthys) Cadenat [J.] 1959:364, Figs. 1, 18-23 [Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire (Sér A) Sciences Naturelles v. 21 (no. 1); ref. 11983] Cape des Biches, Senegal, depth 45 meters. Lectotype: MNHN 1961-0971 [ex IFAN 3019]. Paralectotypes: IFAN 3020 and 3021 (2), 3099 (1), 55-106 (1); MNHN 1982-0131 [ex IFAN 55-105] (1), 1982-0133 [ex IFAN 52-175] (1). Type catalog: Pietsch et al. 1987:138 [ref. 6339], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:68 [ref. 38284]. Lectotype established in Le Danois 1964:113 [ref. 6571]. •Valid as Antennarius senegalensis Cadenat 1959 -- (Monod & Le Danois 1973:663 [ref. 7223], Pietsch 1984:36 [ref. 5380], Pietsch in Whitehead et al. 1986:1366 [ref. 13677], Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:129 [ref. 20669], Pietsch 1990:482 [ref. 15577], Paugy in Lévêque et al. 1992:572 [ref. 21590], Azevedo & Heemstra 1995:8 [ref. 22269], Santos et al. 1997:63 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:125 [ref. 24952]). •Valid as Fowlerichthys senegalensis (Cadenat 1959) -- (Arnold & Pietsch 2012:128 [ref. 31574], Wirtz et al. 2013:119 [ref. 32972], Pietsch 2016:2053 [ref. 34597], Carneiro et al. 2019:213 [ref. 37250], Reiner 2019:124 [ref. 38139], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:68 [ref. 38284], Fermon et al. 2022:301 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Fowlerichthys senegalensis (Cadenat 1959). Antennariidae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Morocco south to Angola, including Azores (Portugal), Cape Verde Islands, and São Tomé and Principe; records from Madeira need verification. Habitat: marine.

sonntagii, Chironectes Müller [J. W. von] 1864:180 (v. 1) [Reisen in den Vereinigten Staaten, Canada und Mexico; ref. 14184] Gulf stream in floating seaweed. No types known. Original spelling was Sonntagii. Also appeared as Chironectes Sontagii in Müller 1865:630 (v. 3) [ref. 14184] with reference to 'Reise in Mexico, I, 180'. •Synonym of Histrio histrio (Linnaeus 1758) [as sonntagi] -- (Monod & Le Danois 1973:662 [ref. 7223], Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:203 [ref. 20669], Pietsch 1990:487 [ref. 15577], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:184 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Histrio histrio (Linnaeus 1758). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

spectrum, Lophius Gronow [L. T.] in Gray 1854:49 [Catalogue of fish collected and described by Laurence Theodore Gronow; ref. 1911] American Ocean, Antilles. No types known. •Synonym of Antennarius striatus (Shaw 1794) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:57 [ref. 20669], Pietsch 1990:483 [ref. 15577]). •Synonym of Antennarius scaber (Cuvier 1817) -- (Pietsch & Arnold 2020:90 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Antennarius scaber (Cuvier 1817). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

spilopterus, Antennarius Friese [U. E.] 1974:8, Fig. [Koolewong v. 3 (no. 4); ref. 20671] Appeared in caption to figure; there is no evidence that this was intended as a new species; not available, published after 1960 without a description or definition (Art. 13.1.1 of the Code). •In the synonymy of Antennarius pictus (Shaw 1794) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:81 [ref. 20669]). Nomen Nudum. Current status: Synonym of Antennarius pictus (Shaw 1794). Antennariidae.

stellifer, Antennarius Barbour [T.] 1905:132, Pl. 4 [Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 46 (no. 7); ref. 15336] Castle Harbor, Bermuda. Holotype (unique): MCZ 29056. •Synonym of Antennarius multiocellatus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:102 [ref. 20669], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:160 [ref. 25013], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:134 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Antennarius multiocellatus (Valenciennes 1837). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

stigmaticus, Antennarius Ogilby [J. D.] 1912:63, Pl. 14 (fig. 2) [Memoirs of the Queensland Museum v. 1; ref. 14855] Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. Holotype (unique): QM I.363. Type catalog: Pietsch & Arnold 2020:207 [ref. 38284]. •Synonym of Antennarius coccineus (Lesson 1831) -- (Paxton et al. 1989:278 [ref. 12442], Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:145 [ref. 20669] with author as Cuvier, Johnson 1999:724 [ref. 25471], Allen et al. 2006:639 [ref. 29066], Dyer & Westneat 2010:601 [ref. 31446]). •Synonym of Abantennarius coccineus (Lesson 1831) -- (Pietsch & Arnold 2020:206 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Abantennarius coccineus (Lesson 1831). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

striatus, Lophius Shaw [G.] in Shaw & Nodder 1794:no page number, Pl. 175 [The Naturalist's Miscellany; ref. 4013] Tahiti, Society Islands [French Polynesia, South Pacific]. Lectotype: BMNH 1978.3.1.2. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1978.3.1.3 (1). Tspe catalog: Pietsch & Arnold 2020:102 [ref. 38284]. Lectotype selected by Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:70 [ref. 20669]. Novem protectum over Ostracion knorrii Walbaum 1792 -- (Parenti & Pietsch 2003:188 [ref. 26690]). •Valid as Antennarius striatus (Shaw 1794) -- (Pietsch 1984:34 [ref. 5380], Pietsch 1986:368 [ref. 5704], Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:55 [ref. 20669], Edwards & Glass 1987:631 [ref. 9166], Allen & Swainston 1988:38 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:279 [ref. 12442], Randall et al. 1990:55 [ref. 15987], Pietsch 1990:482 [ref. 15577], Boschung 1992:79 [ref. 23239], Paugy in Lévêque et al. 1992:573 [ref. 21590], Paulin & Roberts 1992:100 [ref. 24625], Kuiter 1993:48 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:158 [ref. 25479], Goren & Dor 1994:14 [ref. 25356], Ohnishi et al. 1997:216 [ref. 22937], Allen 1997:62 [ref. 23977], Lindberg et al. 1997:217 [ref. 23547], Kuiter 1997:42 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:55 [ref. 25919], Watson 1998:231 [ref. 23634], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:822 [ref. 23897], Fricke 1999:107 [ref. 24106], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:175 [ref. 24550], Pietsch 1999:2015 [ref. 24766], Johnson 1999:724 [ref. 25471], Nakabo 2000:455 [ref. 25086], Pietsch in Randall & Lim 2000:597 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:130 [ref. 25191], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:153 [ref. 27754], Shimizu 2001:22 [ref. 25799], Hutchins 2001:22 [ref. 25847], Shinohara et al. 2001:309 [ref. 25995], Everly 2002:393 [ref. 26185], Nakabo 2002:455 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:214, 541 [ref. 26218], Allen & Adrim 2003:25 [ref. 26830] with authors as Shaw & Nodder, Pietsch 2003:1051 [ref. 17014] with authors as Shaw & Nodder, Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S99 [ref. 27377], Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:64 [ref. 27192] with authors as Shaw & Nodder, Myers & Donaldson 2003:614 [ref. 27495] with authors as Shaw & Nodderer, Smith et al. 2003:13 [ref. 27621] with authors as Shaw & Nodder, Nelson et al. 2004:96 [ref. 27807], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:122 [ref. 28072], Mundy 2005:265 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:640 [ref. 29066], Randall 2007:130 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:28 [ref. 30213], Fricke et al. 2011:368 [ref. 31242], Arnold & Pietsch 2012:128 [ref. 31574], Allen & Erdmann 2012:151 [ref. 31980], Page et al. 2013:97 [ref. 32708], Wirtz et al. 2013:119 [ref. 32972], Larson et al. 2013:54 [ref. 32988], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:5 [ref. 33988], Stewart 2015:884 [ref. 34254], Pietsch 2016:2053 [ref. 34597], Motomura et al. 2017:56 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:88 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:38 [ref. 36273], Arndt & Fricke 2019:10 [ref. 36883], Brown et al. 2019:181 [ref. 36444], Reiner 2019:123 [ref. 38139], Kim et al. 2020:75 [ref. 39118], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:97 [ref. 38284], Sonoyama et al. 2020:32 [ref. 37637], Caires et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:676 [ref. 38945], Wada et al. 2021:36 [ref. 38521], Arnold & Pietsch 2022:292 [ref. 39710], Fermon et al. 2022:301 [ref. 39448], Hoff et al. 2023:5 [ref. 40463]). Nomen Protectum. Current status: Valid as Antennarius striatus (Shaw 1794). Antennariidae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical to subtropical waters of Atlantic and Indo-Pacific, but not eastern Pacific (including Red Sea). Habitat: marine.

strigatus, Antennarius Gill [T. N.] 1863:92 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 15; ref. 1680] Cape San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico. Lectotype: USNM 6267. Paralectotypes: USNM 224078 (1). Type catalog: Pietsch & Arnold 2020:248 [ref. 38284]. Lectotype selected by Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:189 [ref. 20669]. •Valid as Antennatus strigatus (Gill 1863) -- (Pietsch 1984:37 [ref. 5380], Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:189 [ref. 20669], Allen & Robertson 1994:83 [ref. 22193], Schneider & Lavenberg in Fischer et al. 1995:857 [ref. 22829], Lindberg et al. 1997:214 [ref. 23547], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:52 [ref. 24545], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:235 [ref. 24023], Randall & Holcom 2001:137 [ref. 25254], Thomson et al. 2000:56 [ref. 25640], Nelson et al. 2004:96 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:58 [ref. 37547], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:200 [ref. 28944], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:190 [ref. 30957], Arnold & Pietsch 2012:128 [ref. 31574], Page et al. 2013:97 [ref. 32708], Fourriére et al. 2016:442 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:607 [ref. 34923], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:247 [ref. 38284], Love et al. 2021:87 [ref. 39279]). Current status: Valid as Antennatus strigatus (Gill 1863). Antennariidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of southern Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to Ecuador, including southern Gulf of California (Mexico), Revillagigedo Islands (Mexico), Clipperton Atoll (France), Cocos Island (Costa Rica), Gorgona Island (Colombia) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: marine.

subrotundatus, Chironectes Castelnau [F. L.] 1875:25 [Official Record, containing Introduction, Catalogues, Official Awards of the Commissioners, Report and Recommendations of the Experts, and Essays and Statistics on the Social and Economic Resources of the Colony of Victoria.; ref. 768] Port Walcott, Western Australia. Holotype (unique): MNHN (not found). Type catalog: Pietsch et al. 1987:148 [ref. 6339]. •Status uncertain -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:264 [ref. 20669], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:356 [ref. 38284]). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

subteres, Antennarius Smith [H. M.] & Radcliffe [L.] in Radcliffe 1912:205, Pl. 17 (fig. 1) [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 42 (no. 1896); ref. 3577] Lingayen Gulf, western coast of Luzon Island, 16°30'36"N, 120°11'06"E, Philippines, Albatross station 5442, depth 45 fathoms. Holotype (unique): USNM 70268. Type catalog: Pietsch & Arnold 2020:171 [ref. 38284]. •Valid as Nudiantennarius subteres (Smith & Radcliffe 1912) -- (Pietsch 1984:36 [ref. 5380], Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:184 [ref. 20669], Lindberg et al. 1997:213 [ref. 23547], Pietsch 1999:2015 [ref. 24766], Pietsch in Randall & Lim 2000:597 [ref. 25122], Allen & Adrim 2003:25 [ref. 26830], Arnold & Pietsch 2012:128 [ref. 31574], Allen & Erdmann 2012:155 [ref. 31980], Pietsch & Arnold 2017:659 [ref. 35698], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:170 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Valid as Nudiantennarius subteres (Smith & Radcliffe 1912). Antennariidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Bali (Indonesia) east to Maluku (Indonesia) and Philippines, north to southern Japan. Habitat: marine.

tagus, Antennarius Heller [E.] & Snodgrass [R. E.] 1903:226, Pl. 20 [Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences v. 5; ref. 2089] Tagus Cove, Isabela Island [Albemarle Island], Galápagos Islands. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 6351. Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:148 [ref. 12291], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:235 [ref. 38284]. •Synonym of Antennarius sanguineus Gill 1863 -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:157 [ref. 20669], Dyer & Westneat 2010:599 [ref. 31446]). •Synonym of Abantennarius sanguineus (Gill 1863) -- (Pietsch & Arnold 2020:234 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Abantennarius sanguineus (Gill 1863). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

teleplanus, Antennarius Fowler [H. W.] 1912:38, Fig. 2 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 64; ref. 14955] Corson's Inlet, Cape May County, New Jersey, U.S.A. Holotype (unique): ANSP 38162. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:20 [ref. 13621], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:91 [ref. 38284]. •Synonym of Antennarius striatus (Shaw 1794) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:59 [ref. 20669], Pietsch 1990:484 [ref. 15577], Lindberg et al. 1997:218 [ref. 23547]). •Synonym of Antennarius scaber (Cuvier 1817) -- (Pietsch & Arnold 2020:90 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Antennarius scaber (Cuvier 1817). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

tenebrosus, Chironectes Poey [F.] 1852:[219, 220], Pl. 17 [as Pl. 20] (fig. 1) [Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 1; ref. 3497] Cuba. Neotype: USNM 37545. Type information: Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:101 [ref. 20669], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:91 [ref. 38284]. Name dates from plate: Oct. 1852; text published May 1853. Neotype selected by Pietsch & Arnold 2020:91 [ref. 38284]. •Synonym of Antennarius multiocellatus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:101 [ref. 20669], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:175 [ref. 24550], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:132 [ref. 38284]). •Synonym of Antennarius scaber (Cuvier 1817) -- (Pietsch & Arnold 2020:90 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Antennarius scaber (Cuvier 1817). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

tenuifilis, Antennarius Günther [A.] 1868:440 [Transactions of the Zoological Society of London v. 6 (pt 7, no. 14); ref. 1994] Reefs outside Panama City, Panama. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1866.8.19.1. Type catalog: Pietsch & Arnold 2020:249 [ref. 38284]. •Synonym of Antennatus strigatus (Gill 1863) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:189 [ref. 20669], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:247 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Antennatus strigatus (Gill 1863). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

thymelicus, Lophius Meuschen [F. C.] 1781:unpaged [Index to Gronovius, Zoophylacium Gronovianum; ref. 19701] Not available, published in a rejected work (Opinion 261). •In the synonymy of Antennarius scaber (Cuvier 1817) -- (Pietsch & Arnold 2020:87 [ref. 38284]). Suppressed. Current status: Synonym of Antennarius scaber (Cuvier 1817). Antennariidae.

tigris, Chironectes Poey [F.] 1852:[217, 220], Pl. 17 [as Pl. 20] (fig. 2) [Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 1; ref. 3497] Cuba. Lectotype: MCZ 11652. Paralectotypes: MCZ 11611 (1), 11617 (1), 11619 (1), 11620 (1), 11621 (1). Type catalog: Howell Rivero 1938:219-220 [ref. 22926] with a holotype (MCZ 11620) and paratypes, Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:57 [ref. 20669], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:91 [ref. 38284]. Name dates from plate: Oct. 1852; text published May 1853. Lectotype selected by Pietsch & Arnold 2020:91 [ref. 38284]. •Synonym of Antennarius striatus (Shaw 1794) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:57 [ref. 20669], Pietsch 1990:483 [ref. 15577]). •Synonym of Antennarius scaber (Cuvier 1817) -- (Pietsch & Arnold 2020:89 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Antennarius scaber (Cuvier 1817). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

tricornis, Chironectes Cloquet [H.] (ex Commerson) 1817:598 (v. 8) [Dictionnaire des sciences Naturelles; ref. 852] Off East African coast. No types known. Based on Antennarius antenna tricorni Commerson, manuscript. •Synonym of Antennarius striatus (Shaw 1794) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:56 [ref. 20669], Fricke 1999:107 [ref. 24106], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:97 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Antennarius striatus (Shaw 1794). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

tridens, Chironectes Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1845:159, Pl. 81 (figs. 2-5) [Fauna Japonica Parts 7-9; ref. 4373] Japan. Lectotype: RMNH D1025 (stuffed). Paralectotypes: RMNH D1021-D1024 (4, stuffed). Type catalog: Pietsch & Arnold 2020:103 [ref. 38284]. Lectotype selected by Boeseman 1947:136 [ref. 12876]. •Valid as Phrynelox tridens (Temminck & Schlegel 1845) -- (Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:103 [ref. 6441], Okamura in Okamura & Kitajima 1984:273, 378 [ref. 8057], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:633 [ref. 27969]). •Valid as Antennarius tridens (Temminck & Schlegel 1845) -- (Paulin et al. 1989:134 [ref. 24556]). •Synonym of Antennarius striatus (Shaw 1794) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:57 [ref. 20669], Pietsch 1990:483 [ref. 15577], Lindberg et al. 1997:217 [ref. 23547], Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:321 [ref. 28867], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:97 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Antennarius striatus (Shaw 1794). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

tuberosus, Chironectes Cuvier [G.] 1817:432 [Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris v. 3; ref. 1015] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Lectotype: MNHN 0000-1104. Paralectotypes: MNHN 0000-0182 (2). Type catalog: Pietsch et al. 1987:141 [ref. 6339], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:253 [ref. 38284]. Lectotype selected by Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:192 [ref. 20669] but actually established first in ref. 6339. •Valid as Histiophryne tuberosus (Cuvier 1817) -- (Dor 1984:57 [ref. 29757]). •Valid as Antennatus tuberosus (Cuvier 1817) -- (Pietsch 1984:37 [ref. 5380], Pietsch 1986:369 [ref. 5704], Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:192 [ref. 20669], Randall et al. 1990:55 [ref. 15987], Senou et al. 1994:2 [ref. 24347], Goren & Dor 1994:14 [ref. 25356], Ohnishi et al. 1997:216 [ref. 22937], Randall et al. 1997:55 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:69 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:108 [ref. 24106], Pietsch 1999:2015 [ref. 24766], Randall 1999:8 [ref. 25829], Nakabo 2000:454 [ref. 25086], Pietsch in Randall & Lim 2000:597 [ref. 25122], Randall & Holcom 2001:137 [ref. 25254], Nakabo 2002:454 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:25 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:614 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:8 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:73 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:265 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:641 [ref. 29066], Randall 2007:131 [ref. 30952], Golani & Bogorodsky 2010:62 [ref. 35264], Fricke et al. 2011:368 [ref. 31242], Arnold & Pietsch 2012:128 [ref. 31574], Allen & Erdmann 2012:152 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:35 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2018:89 [ref. 35805], Arndt & Fricke 2019:10 [ref. 36883], Fricke et al. 2019:72 [ref. 36673], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:250 [ref. 38284], Arnold & Pietsch 2022:295 [ref. 39710]). Current status: Valid as Antennatus tuberosus (Cuvier 1817). Antennariidae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (Mauritius) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia) and Pitcairn, north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

tumidus, Lophius Osbeck [P.] 1765:400 [Reise nach Ostindien und China; ref. 3311] Western Atlantic, Sargasso Sea, northeast of Puerto Rico, at 22°N. Not available, mentioned in synonymy of Lophius histrio Linnaeus 1758; subsequent availability not investigated. •In the synonymy of Histrio histrio (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Monod & Le Danois 1973:661 [ref. 7223]). Current status: Synonym of Histrio histrio (Linnaeus 1758). Antennariidae.

tumidus, Lophius Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1798:321 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 1; ref. 2708] Not available, cited in synonymy only, with credit to Osbeck. See other account of this name. Nomen Nudum. Current status: Synonym of Histrio histrio (Linnaeus 1758). Antennariidae.

unicornis, Antennarius Bennett [E. T.] 1827:374, Pl. 9 (fig. 1) [Zoological Journal, London v. 3 (no. 11, art. 37); ref. 16782] Madagascar. Lectotype: BMNH 1855.12.26.572 [ex Zool. Soc. London]. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1981.5.27.7 (1). Type catalog: Pietsch & Arnold 2020:254 [ref. 38284]. Lectotype selected by Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:192 [ref. 20669]. •Synonym of Antennatus tuberosus (Cuvier 1817) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:192 [ref. 20669], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:251 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Antennatus tuberosus (Cuvier 1817). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

variegatus, Chironectes Rafinesque [C. S.] 1814:19 [Précis des découvertes et travaux somiologiques de Mr. C. S. Rafinesque-Schmaltz; ref. 3582] Atlantic between Azores and U.S.A. No types known. •Synonym of Histrio histrio (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:201 [ref. 20669], Pietsch 1990:486 [ref. 15577], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:181 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Histrio histrio (Linnaeus 1758). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

variegatus, Chironectes Cuvier [G.] 1829:252 [Le Règne Animal (Edition 2) v. 2; ref. 995] No locality. As: "Ch. variegatus, ou L. chironecte, Lacép. I, xiv, 2, ou L. pictus Shaw... ." See also Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:422 [ref. 1006]. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Chironectes variegatus Rafinesque 1810. 1°Homonym. Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

verrucosus, Antennarius Bean [T. H.] 1906:31 [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 19; ref. 15640] Saint George's Island, Bermuda. Holotype (unique): FMNH 4853. Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:9 [ref. 12367], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:134 [ref. 38284]. •Synonym of Antennarius multiocellatus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:102 [ref. 20669], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:160 [ref. 25013], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:134 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Antennarius multiocellatus (Valenciennes 1837). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

verus, Chironectes Cloquet [H.] 1817:599 (v. 8) [Dictionnaire des sciences Naturelles; ref. 852] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. No types known. Based on Antennarius (chironectes) obscure ... Commerson MSS, Lophius variegatus Shaw and Lophie chironecte Lacepède. •Synonym of Antennarius pictus (Shaw 1794) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:80 [ref. 20669], Fricke 1999:106 [ref. 24106], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:145 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Antennarius pictus (Shaw 1794). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

vittatus, Cheironectes pictus var. Richardson [J.] 1844:15, Pl. 9 (figs. 3-4) [Ichthyology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus & Terror v. 2 (2); ref. 3740] Fields of sea weed in tropical Atlantic. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Histrio histrio (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Monod & Le Danois 1973:662 [ref. 7223], Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:203 [ref. 20669], Pietsch 1990:487 [ref. 15577]). Current status: Synonym of Histrio histrio (Linnaeus 1758). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

vulagris, Antennarius Osório [B.] 1898:198 [Jornal de Sciências Mathemáticas, Physicas e Naturaes, Lisboa (Ser. 2) v. 5; ref. 18501] Not available, no distinguishing features; credited to "Cuv. et Val." with locality Portuguese W. Africa. •As a nomen dubium -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:265 [ref. 20669]). Nomen Nudum. Antennariidae.

zebrinus, Phrynelox Schultz [L. P.] 1957:75, Fig. 3 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 107 (no. 3383); ref. 3969] Southern Queensland, New South Wales, Australia. Holotype: USNM 47854. Paratypes: FMNH 21560 (1), 44980 (1); USNM 28659 (1), 47853 (1), 59948 (1). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:65 [ref. 12367], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:103 [ref. 38284]. •Valid as Phrynelox zebrinus Schultz 1957 -- (Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:102 [ref. 6441]). •Synonym of Antennarius striatus (Shaw 1794) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:60 [ref. 20669], Pietsch 1990:484 [ref. 15577], Lindberg et al. 1997:218 [ref. 23547], Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:321 [ref. 28867], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:101 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Antennarius striatus (Shaw 1794). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.

ziesenhennei, Antennarius Myers [G. S.] & Wade [C. B.] 1946:168, Pl. 23 (fig. 7) [Allan Hancock Pacific Expedition 1932-40, Los Angeles v. 9 (no. 6); ref. 3135] Sullivan Bay, James Island, Galápagos Islands. Holotype (unique): LACM 21555 (ex AHF 917). Type catalog: Pietsch & Arnold 2020:249 [ref. 38284]. •Synonym of Antennatus strigatus (Gill 1863) -- (Pietsch & Grobecker 1987:189 [ref. 20669], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:235 [ref. 24023], Pietsch & Arnold 2020:248 [ref. 38284]). Current status: Synonym of Antennatus strigatus (Gill 1863). Antennariidae. Habitat: marine.