Institute for Biodiversity Science and Sustainability
Online Version, Updated 6 November 2023

SEARCH RESULTS FROM THE

Catalog of Fishes

Species that contain: Histrio and histrio [ 39 ] records

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

douglasi, Gobius Saville-Kent [W.] 1893:310, Pl. 16 (fig. 12) [The Great Barrier Reef of Australia; its products and potentialities; ref. 13269] Queensland, Australia. No types known. •Synonym of Gobiodon histrio (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Hoese & Larson 2006:1656 [ref. 29097]). •Synonym of Gobiodon erythrospilus Bleeker 1875 -- (Shibukawa et al. 2013:153 [ref. 32951]). Current status: Synonym of Gobiodon erythrospilus Bleeker 1875. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Habitat: marine.

erythrospilus, Gobiodon Bleeker [P.] 1875:122 [Archives néerlandaises des sciences exactes et naturelles v. 10; ref. 12599] East Indies. Lectotype: RMNH.PISC.6187. Paralectotypes: (85) RMNH.PISC.35256 (now 26) (formerly 6187), other species in part represented. Lectotype named by Shibukawa et al. 2013:154 [ref. 32951]. •Synonym of Gobiodon rivulatus (Rüppell 1830) -- (Dor 1984:246 [ref. 29757]). •Synonym of Gobiodon histrio (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Randall 2005:537 [ref. 28239]). •Valid as Gobiodon erythrospilus Bleeker 1875 -- (Suzuki et al. 1995:4 [ref. 24355], Harold & Winterbottom 1999:56 [ref. 23701], Myers 1999:255 [ref. 23965], Nakabo 2000:1188 [ref. 25182], Nakabo 2002:1188 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:59 [ref. 26830], Harold et al. 2008:120 [ref. 29450], Shibukawa 2009:276 [ref. 30449], Suzuku et al. 2012:59 [ref. 32027], Allen & Erdmann 2012:897 [ref. 31980], Shibukawa et al. 2013:153 [ref. 32951], Fricke et al. 2014:166 [ref. 33932], Parenti 2021:169 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Gobiodon erythrospilus Bleeker 1875. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: India east to Solomon Islands, south to Queensland (Australia). Habitat: marine.

fucata, Scorpaena Valenciennes [A.] 1846:no p., Pl. 3 (fig. 2) [Voyage autour du monde sur la frégate "la Vénus"; ref. 6165] Galápagos Islands. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-7310. Type catalog: Blanc & Hureau 1968:13 [ref. 20738]. Genus misspelled Scorpoena by Valenciennes. Dates to publication in plate; corresponding text published as Valenciennes 1855:313 [ref. 4504]. •Synonym of Scorpaena histrio Jenyns 1840 -- (Poss in Fischer et al. 1995:1555 [ref. 22830], Fricke et al. 2018:[13] [ref. 36159]). Current status: Synonym of Scorpaena histrio Jenyns 1840. Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. 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.

histrio, Etheostoma (Ulocentra) Jordan [D. S.] & Gilbert [C. H.] in Gilbert 1887:47 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 10 (no. 607); ref. 17814] West of Hackett City (Arkansas), Poteau River, Oklahoma, U.S.A. Lectotype: USNM 36386. Paralectotypes: CAS-SU 569 (1), 2682 (2); USNM 36409 (4), 36448 (3), 188972 [ex USNM 36386] (3). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:73 [ref. 12291], Collette & Knapp 1967:29 [ref. 20211]. Lectotype selected by Collette & Knapp 1967:29 [ref. 20211]. •Valid as Etheostoma histrio Jordan & Gilbert 1887 -- (Lee et al. 1980:653 [ref. 22416], Warren Jr. & Cicerello 1982:3 [ref. 40469], Kuehne & Barbour 1983:77 [ref. 38055], Page 1983:72 [ref. 22189], Robison & Buchanan 1988:423 [ref. 23393], Page & Burr 1991:295 [ref. 18983], Boschung 1992:118 [ref. 23239], Etnier & Starnes 1993:496 [ref. 22809], Warren et al. 1994:133 [ref. 25557], Mettee et al. 1996:635 [ref. 25836], Steinberg et al. 2000:141 [ref. 24469], Ross et al. 2001:471 [ref. 25978], Nelson et al. 2004:133 [ref. 27807], Miller & Robison 2004:358 [ref. 27931], Boschung & Mayden 2004:537 [ref. 27995], Scharpf 2008:26 [ref. 30399], Page & Burr 2011:545 [ref. 31215], Page et al. 2013:138 [ref. 32708], Stephens et al. 2014:544 [ref. 33552], Robins et al. 2018:320 [ref. 35886], Page et al. 2023:199 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Etheostoma histrio Jordan & Gilbert 1887. Percidae: Etheostomatinae. Distribution: North America: central and southeastern U.S.A. Habitat: freshwater.

histrio, Gnathonemus Fowler [H. W.] 1936:250, Fig. 6 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 88; ref. 1424] Fort Sibut, Central African Republic [Ubangi-Shari]. Holotype: ANSP 65524. Paratypes: ANSP 65525-42 (18). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:128 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Gnathonemus brevicaudatus Pellegrin 1919 -- (Gosse 1984:71 [ref. 6169]). •Synonym of Gnathonemus petersii (Günther 1862). Current status: Synonym of Gnathonemus petersii (Günther 1862). Mormyridae. Habitat: freshwater.

histrio, Gobiosoma Jordan [D. S.] 1884:260 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 7 (no. 433); ref. 10451] Guaymas, Sonora, western coast of Mexico. Holotype (unique): USNM 35147. •Valid as Aruma histrio (Jordan 1884) -- (Hoese 1976:298 [ref. 20691], Allen & Robertson 1994:258 [ref. 22193], Hoese in Fischer et al. 1995:1134 [ref. 22829], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:159 [ref. 24545], Thomson et al. 2000:237 [ref. 25640], Rüber et al. 2003:1596 [ref. 26969], Nelson et al. 2004:169 [ref. 27807], Van Tassell 2011:151 [ref. 31732], Page et al. 2013:174 [ref. 32708], Page et al. 2023:120 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Aruma histrio (Jordan 1884). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Gulf of California (Mexico). Habitat: marine.

histrio, Gobius Valenciennes [A.] (ex Kuhl & van Hasselt) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:132, Pl. 347 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Bantam; Java, eastern Indian Ocean; Tongatapu, Tonga Islands, South Pacific. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-3098 (2). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:33 [ref. 19958]. •Valid as Gobiodon histrio (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Allen & Swainston 1988:136 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:403 [ref. 15987], Harold & Winterbottom 1995:687 [ref. 21923], Suzuki et al. 1995:6 [ref. 24355], Allen 1997:218 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:403 [ref. 25919], Harold & Winterbottom 1999:56 [ref. 23701], Munday et al. 1999:55 [ref. 24284], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:638 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1188 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:43 [ref. 25847], Larson & Murdy 2001:3597 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1188 [ref. 26193], Thacker & Cole 2002:840 [ref. 26548], Allen & Adrim 2003:59 [ref. 26830], Randall et al. 2004:27 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:537 [ref. 28239], Herler & Hilgers 2005:116 [ref. 28528], Hoese & Larson 2006:1656 [ref. 29097], Harold et al. 2008:120 [ref. 29450], Larson et al. 2008:149 [ref. 29532], Suzuku et al. 2012:60 [ref. 32027], Allen & Erdmann 2012:898 [ref. 31980], Herler et al. 2013:327 [ref. 32889], Shibukawa et al. 2013:144 [ref. 32951], Larson et al. 2013:199 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:166 [ref. 33932], Golani & Fricke 2018:155 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:285 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2021:169 [ref. 38603], Larson 2022:97 [ref. 39971], Bogorodsky & Goren 2023:15 [ref. 40247]). Current status: Valid as Gobiodon histrio (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Andaman Islands east to Samoa, north to Philippines, south to northern Australia. 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], Page et al. 2023:164 [ref. 40505], Allen & Erdmann 2024:169 [ref. 40796]). 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.

histrio, Scorpaena Jenyns [L.] 1840:35, Pl. 8 [The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Beagle; ref. 2344] San Cristóbal Island [Chatham Island], Galápagos Islands. Syntypes: BMNH 1917.7.14.73, 1917.7.14.74 (1). Type catalog: Fricke et al. 2018:[13] [ref. 36159]. •Valid as Scorpaena histrio Jenyns 1840 -- (Pequeño 1989:56 [ref. 14125] as hystrio, Allen & Robertson 1994:99 [ref. 22193], Bussing & López S. 1994:82 [ref. 23101], Poss in Fischer et al. 1995:1555 [ref. 22830], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:290 [ref. 24023], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:268 [ref. 24555], Pequeño & Sáez 2000:31 [ref. 24590], Sielfeld K. & Vargas F. 2000:33 [ref. 37222], Thomson et al. 2000:70 [ref. 25640], Nelson et al. 2004:113 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:73 [ref. 37547], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:191 [ref. 30957], Butler et al. 2012:160 [ref. 40735], Page et al. 2013:116 [ref. 32708], Fourriére et al. 2016:443 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:608 [ref. 34923], Fricke et al. 2018:[13] [ref. 36159], Love et al. 2021:105 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:178 [ref. 40505], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:371 [ref. 40816], Vela-Espinosa et al. 2023:10 [ref. 40981]). Current status: Valid as Scorpaena histrio Jenyns 1840. Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of central Baja California (Mexico) south to Chile, including Guadalupe Island (Mexico), Gulf of California (Mexico) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: marine.

histrio, Stalix Jordan [D. S.] & Snyder [J. O.] 1902:495, Fig. 7 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 24 (no. 1263); ref. 2513] Nagasaki, Japan. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 6543. Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:89 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Stalix histrio Jordan & Snyder 1902 -- (Dor 1984:219 [ref. 29757], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:200 [ref. 6441], Smith-Vaniz 1989:383 [ref. 13438], Goren & Dor 1994:57 [ref. 25356], Shinohara 1999:269 [ref. 24048], Smith-Vaniz 1999:2589 [ref. 24833], Nakabo 2000:743 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:743 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:34 [ref. 26830], Smith-Vaniz 2004:221 [ref. 27780], Randall 2005:345 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Bray 2006:1077 [ref. 29000], Prokofiev 2015:491 [ref. 33929]). Current status: Valid as Stalix histrio Jordan & Snyder 1902. Opistognathidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific. 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

occidentale, Gobiosoma Ginsburg [I.] 1933:16 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 82 (no. 2961); ref. 1800] La Paz Harbor, Baja California, Mexico, Gulf of California. Holotype (unique): USNM 92801. •Synonym of Aruma histrio (Jordan 1884) -- (Hoese 1976:298 [ref. 20691]). Current status: Synonym of Aruma histrio (Jordan 1884). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. 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], Page et al. 2023:164 [ref. 40505], Moral-Flores et al. 2024:20 [ref. 41188]). 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.

pannosa, Scorpaena Cramer [F.] in Gilbert 1897:446, Pl. 52 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 19 (no. 1115); ref. 1629] (Pacific) Panama. Holotype (unique): USNM 47573. Author is F. Cramer. •Synonym of Scorpaena histrio Jenyns 1840 -- (Poss in Fischer et al. 1995:1555 [ref. 22830]). Current status: Synonym of Scorpaena histrio Jenyns 1840. Scorpaenidae: Scorpaeninae. 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 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.

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.

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], Page et al. 2023:163 [ref. 40505]). 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.

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.

unicolor, Ellerya Castelnau [F. L.] 1873:95 [Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Melbourne v. 2; ref. 758] Eclipse Island, Cape Sidmouth, North Australia. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-4015. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:22 [ref. 19958]. •Synonym of Gobiodon histrio (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Herler et al. 2013:318 [ref. 32889]). •Valid as Gobiodon unicolor (Castelnau 1873) -- (Harold & Winterbottom 1995:687 [ref. 21923], Chen et al. 1997:129 [ref. 22867], Harold & Winterbottom 1999:56 [ref. 23701], Munday et al. 1999:56 [ref. 24284], Larson in Randall & Lim 2000:638 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1187 [ref. 25182], Larson & Murdy 2001:3598 [ref. 26293], Nakabo 2002:1187 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:59 [ref. 26830], Heemstra et al. 2004:3329 [ref. 27945] as cf. unicolor, Hoese & Larson 2006:1657 [ref. 29097], Harold et al. 2008:120 [ref. 29450], Suzuku et al. 2012:60 [ref. 32027], Allen & Erdmann 2012:901 [ref. 31980], Shibukawa et al. 2013:144 [ref. 32951], Prokofiev 2016:652 [ref. 35020], Parenti 2021:172 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Valid as Gobiodon unicolor (Castelnau 1873). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and northern Australia. 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.

verticalis, Gobiodon Alleyne [H. G.] & Macleay [W.] 1877:333, Pl. 12 (fig. 4) [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 1 (pts 3-4); ref. 101] Erub [= Darnley] Island, 9°35'S, 143°46'E, Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia. Syntypes: AMS I.16392-001 [ex MAMU F987b] (now 6). Type catalog: Koumans 1940:157 [ref. 2676], Stanbury 1969:209 [ref. 19518]. •Synonym of Gobiodon histrio (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Hoese & Larson 2006:1656 [ref. 29097], Parenti 2021:170 [ref. 38603]). Current status: Synonym of Gobiodon histrio (Valenciennes 1837). Gobiidae: Gobiinae. 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.


Select the database to search:  
GENERA   SPECIES   REFERENCES
Include unavailable names
   Comments: