Fowlerichthys avalonis

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Fowlerichthys avalonis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Lophiiformes
Family: Antennariidae
Genus: Fowlerichthys
Species:
F. avalonis
Binomial name
Fowlerichthys avalonis
Synonyms [2]
  • Antennarius avalonisD. S. Jordan & Starks, 1907

Fowlerichthys avalonis, the roughbar frogfish or roughjaw frogfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Antennariidae, the frogfishes. This fish is found in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, where it is the most widespread frogfish species.

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Taxonomy

Fowlerichthys avalonis Was first formally described as Antennarius avalonis in 1907 by the American ichthyologists David Starr Jordan and Edwin Chapin Starks with its type locality given as Santa Catalina Island, California. [3] The 5th edition of Fishes of the World classifies the genus Fowlerichthys in the family Antennariidae within the suborder Antennarioidei within the order Lophiiformes, the anglerfishes. [4]

Etymology

Fowlerichthys avalonis has the genus name Fowlerichthys which combines Fowler, honouring the American ichthyologist Henry Weed Fowler of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia who gave Barbour the type specimen of the type species of the genus, F. floridanus , with ichthys, which means fish. The specific name, avalonis, refers to the type locality of Avalon Bay on Santa Catalina Island. [5]

Description

Fowlerichthys avalonis has a rather globular body which has some lateral compression with a large upwardly pointing mouth with many small bristle-like teeth. [6] The illicium is roughly equal in length to the second dorsal spine, with an esca, or lure, that is around 40% of the length of the illicium and is an oval bunch of short, vertical appendages. The second dosral spine is joined to the head by a membrane while the third dorsal spine is unconnected and moveable. [7] The eyes are located on the side of the head and the small gill openings are located to the rear and below the base of the pectoral fin. [6] There is a caudal peduncle but the rear of the dorsal and anal fins are not connected to the caudal fin. The pectoral fins are limb like and have a joint resembling an elbow and have a wide connection to the body. The skin on the body has a dense covering of bifurcated spicules. [7] The color varies and may yellow, orange, red, brown or black with distinct light and dark mottles, There are large black ocelli with thin orange margins on the base of the rear of the dorsal fin. [6] The dorsal fin has between 12 and 14 soft rays while the anal fin has 8 or 9 soft rays. This species has a maximum published total length of 33 cm (13 in). [2]

Distribution and habitat

Fowlerichthys avalonis is the most widely distributed frogfish in the eastern Pacific Ocean and is distributed from California in the north to northern Chile in the south. [8] The roughbar frogfish is found at depths between 0 and 300 m (0 and 984 ft), although they are typically found between 0 and 95 m (0 and 312 ft). They are associated with rocky areas, even within the intertidal zone, as well as areas of sand and mud substrates. [2]

Biology

Fowlerichthys avalonis is an ambush predator, sitting motionless on the reef, camouflaged, waiting for small fish to come within striking distance. They are also known to stalk prey such as fish and crustaceans. Spawning involves the laying of pelagic eggs, the females laying as many as 300,000 eggs within a buoyant raft, this floats in the sea for several days until the eggs hatch. [6] Crustaceans dominate the diet of younger fishes while adults prey mainly in fish. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Iwamoto, T.; Eschmeyer, W. (2010). "Fowlerichthys avalonis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010: e.T183737A8167363. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T183737A8167363.en . Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2024). "Fowlerichthys avalonis" in FishBase. February 2024 version.
  3. ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Fowlerichthys". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  4. ↑ Nelson, J.S.; Grande, T.C.; Wilson, M.V.H. (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. pp. 508–518. doi:10.1002/9781119174844. ISBN   978-1-118-34233-6. LCCN   2015037522. OCLC   951899884. OL   25909650M.
  5. ↑ Christopher Scharpf (14 November 2022). "Order LOPHIIFORMES (part 1): Families LOPHIIDAE, ANTENNARIIDAE, TETRABRACHIIDAE, LOPHICHTHYIDAE, BRACHIONICHTHYIDAE, CHAUNACIDAE and OGCOCEPHALIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Roughjaw Frogfish, Fowlerichthys avalonis". Mexican Fish. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  7. 1 2 "Species: Fowlerichthys avalonis, Roughbar frogfish, Roughjaw frogfish". Shorefishes of the Eastern Pacific online information system. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute . Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  8. ↑ Sielfeld, Walter (2010). "Antennarius avalonis (Antennariidae, Lophiiformes) in the southeast Pacific". Revista de Biologia Marina Y Oceanografia. 45: 757–760.

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