spine curved posteriorly, not connected to head by membrane. D and A
joined to peduncle or C base.
Colour in preservative grey, tan or yellow to yellowbrown, usually with darker brown to black mottling or spots
especially on cheeks and opercular region. Attains 13 cm.
Natal; throughout Indian Ocean, Red Sea and tropical
Pacific to Hawaiian Ids.; tropical eastern Pacific off Costa
Rica and Cocos and Galapagos islands.
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~ .•. .oj."
102.1 Antennarius coccineus: (Mauritius; photo by J.E. Randall).
102.2 Antennarius commersoni
(Latreille, 1804)
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Big angler
Groot hengelaar
Lophius commerson Latreille, March 1804: 73. Lophius commersonii
Shaw, June 1804: 387 (Indian Seas). Antennarius commersoni: Smith,
SFSA No. 1236*.
D 1+ I + I, 12-13; A 8; P 10-11. First D spine considerably longer than
2nd; esca a small tuft of flattened appendages. Second D spine curved
posteriorly, bound to head by thick, spiny skin. C peduncle distinct.
Colour in preservative light beige or tan, green, brown to
black; lighter phases finely peppered with small dark spots
or mottled with dark patches of variable size; darker phases
with light-coloured (white to pink, green or blue) patches,
and with tips of P rays white; dark basi-dorsal and basi-anal
spots occasionally present. The largest antennariid in our
area, attaining a length of 33 cm. Natal, Red Sea and tropi102.2 Antennarius commersoni: black variety (Transkei; photo by R.E. Stobbs).
102: ANTENNARIIDAE (ANGLERS)
cal Indo-West Pacific to Hawaiian Ids.; extremely rare in
tropical eastern Pacific (Panama).
102.3 Antennarius dorehensis
Bleeker, 1859
Bandtail angler
Balkstert -hengelaar
Antennarius dorehensis Bleeker, 1859: 21 (Doreh, New Guinea);
Schultz, 1957: 97*.
D 1+ 1+ 1,11-13; A 7; P 8-10. Esca oblong or tapering, usually directed
ventrally. Second spine curved posteriorly, not connected to head by
membrane. C peduncle distinct.
Colour in preservative brown to black with numerous
small white dots or pale patches; tips of soft 0 and A rays
white; distal ~ of P rays white, peppered with small dark
spots; C with conspicuous pale bar; a dark basi-dorsal spot
occasionally present. Attains 7 cm. Delagoa Bay to Kenya,
Aldabra and Seychelles Ids., and tropical western Pacific as
far east as Tahiti.
102.3 Antennarius dorehensis: 7 cm TL (after Bleeker, 1865).
102.4 Antennarius hispidus
(Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
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Shaggy angler
Harige hengelaar
Lophius hispidus Bloch & Schneider, 1801: 142 (Coromandel, India).
Antennarius hispidus: Smith, SFSA No. 1234*.
D 1+1+1,12-13; A 7; P 10. First D spine as long as second; esca a large,
dense tuft of fine filaments. Second D spine curved posteriorly with a
narrow membranous connection to surface of head. Pterygiophore
supporting D spines extending slightly beyond upper jaw. C peduncle
distinct.
Colour in preservative light yellow, dark yellow-brown,
to black; lighter colour phases everywhere (except on belly)
covered with numerous, narrow, dark brown to black
streaks or elongate blotches typically radiating outward
from eye and extending posteriorly to level of P, more or
less parallel and extending from P region onto soft 0 and A;
C similarly banded; belly without markings or with scattered, dark, rounded spots. Attains 20 cm. Indo-West
Pacific, south to Knysna.
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joined to peduncle or C base.
Colour in preservative grey, tan or yellow to yellowbrown, usually with darker brown to black mottling or spots
especially on cheeks and opercular region. Attains 13 cm.
Natal; throughout Indian Ocean, Red Sea and tropical
Pacific to Hawaiian Ids.; tropical eastern Pacific off Costa
Rica and Cocos and Galapagos islands.
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~ .•. .oj."
102.1 Antennarius coccineus: (Mauritius; photo by J.E. Randall).
102.2 Antennarius commersoni
(Latreille, 1804)
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j
.,;. ...
Big angler
Groot hengelaar
Lophius commerson Latreille, March 1804: 73. Lophius commersonii
Shaw, June 1804: 387 (Indian Seas). Antennarius commersoni: Smith,
SFSA No. 1236*.
D 1+ I + I, 12-13; A 8; P 10-11. First D spine considerably longer than
2nd; esca a small tuft of flattened appendages. Second D spine curved
posteriorly, bound to head by thick, spiny skin. C peduncle distinct.
Colour in preservative light beige or tan, green, brown to
black; lighter phases finely peppered with small dark spots
or mottled with dark patches of variable size; darker phases
with light-coloured (white to pink, green or blue) patches,
and with tips of P rays white; dark basi-dorsal and basi-anal
spots occasionally present. The largest antennariid in our
area, attaining a length of 33 cm. Natal, Red Sea and tropi102.2 Antennarius commersoni: black variety (Transkei; photo by R.E. Stobbs).
102: ANTENNARIIDAE (ANGLERS)
cal Indo-West Pacific to Hawaiian Ids.; extremely rare in
tropical eastern Pacific (Panama).
102.3 Antennarius dorehensis
Bleeker, 1859
Bandtail angler
Balkstert -hengelaar
Antennarius dorehensis Bleeker, 1859: 21 (Doreh, New Guinea);
Schultz, 1957: 97*.
D 1+ 1+ 1,11-13; A 7; P 8-10. Esca oblong or tapering, usually directed
ventrally. Second spine curved posteriorly, not connected to head by
membrane. C peduncle distinct.
Colour in preservative brown to black with numerous
small white dots or pale patches; tips of soft 0 and A rays
white; distal ~ of P rays white, peppered with small dark
spots; C with conspicuous pale bar; a dark basi-dorsal spot
occasionally present. Attains 7 cm. Delagoa Bay to Kenya,
Aldabra and Seychelles Ids., and tropical western Pacific as
far east as Tahiti.
102.3 Antennarius dorehensis: 7 cm TL (after Bleeker, 1865).
102.4 Antennarius hispidus
(Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
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Shaggy angler
Harige hengelaar
Lophius hispidus Bloch & Schneider, 1801: 142 (Coromandel, India).
Antennarius hispidus: Smith, SFSA No. 1234*.
D 1+1+1,12-13; A 7; P 10. First D spine as long as second; esca a large,
dense tuft of fine filaments. Second D spine curved posteriorly with a
narrow membranous connection to surface of head. Pterygiophore
supporting D spines extending slightly beyond upper jaw. C peduncle
distinct.
Colour in preservative light yellow, dark yellow-brown,
to black; lighter colour phases everywhere (except on belly)
covered with numerous, narrow, dark brown to black
streaks or elongate blotches typically radiating outward
from eye and extending posteriorly to level of P, more or
less parallel and extending from P region onto soft 0 and A;
C similarly banded; belly without markings or with scattered, dark, rounded spots. Attains 20 cm. Indo-West
Pacific, south to Knysna.
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