Species that contain: Antennarius and pictus [ 12 ] records

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.