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Antennariidae (Frogfishes)
Etymology: Antennatus: From Latin, antenna, antemna = sensory organ, that has got antennae (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range ? - 45 m (Ref. 13747). Temperate
Northwest Pacific: known only from Kashiwajima Island, Kochi Prefecture, southern Japan.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.9 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 13747)
Collected from a rock ledge on fine sandy slope (Ref. 13747).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Oviparous.
Ohnishi, N., A. Iwata and W. Hiramatsu, 1997. Antennatus flagellatus (Teleostei: Antennariidae), a new species of frogfish from southern Japan. Ichthyol. Res. 44(2):213-217. (Ref. 13747)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5625 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.02692 (0.01043 - 0.06944), b=2.96 (2.73 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
3.5 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Resilience (Ref. 120179) |
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Fec assumed to be > 10,000). |
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈 |