Sensorfish-like

Sensorfish-like
Indeterminate frogfish
Systematics
Sub-cohort : Neoteleostei Acanthomorphata Spinefish (Acanthopterygii) Perch relatives (Percomorphaceae) Order : Armfinch (Lophiiformes) Subordination : Sensorfish-like
Scientific name
Antennarioidei

The antennae-like (Antennarioidei) are a taxon of the armfinches (Lophiiformes), to which the frogfish (Antennariidae) and three other, species-poor families belong.

features

The body of the antenna fish-like is high and compressed at the sides. It is scaly and often covered with hair-like skin tags. In contrast to most deep-sea frogfish (Ceratioidei), the sensorfish-like ones still have ventral fins, the pectoral fins are mostly transformed into arm-like running organs. A swim bladder is only present in most species of frogfish, the others lack it.

distribution

Sensorfish-like species live in tropical and subtropical seas around the world. All species, with the exception of the Sargassum frogfish ( Histrio histrio ) that live between drifting perch , live on the sea floor.

Systematics

Armfinch   (Lophiiformes)	NN    Deep-sea frogfish (Ceratioidei), sea ​​toads (Chaunacoidei)  and sea ​​bats (Ogcocephalioidei)   Sensorfish-like   (Antennarioidei)     NN    Lophichthyidae   NN    Tetrabrachiidae      Frogfish (Antennariidae)      Hand fish or wart anglers (Brachionichthyidae)      Monkfish (Lophioidei)

There are a total of 65 described species in 21 genera.

literature

• Kurt Fiedler: Textbook of Special Zoology. Volume 2, Part 2: Fish. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Jena 1991, ISBN 3-334-00339-6 .
• Joseph S. Nelson : Fishes of the World. John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, NY 2006, ISBN 0-471-25031-7 .