Antennatus

Antennatus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Antennariidae, the frogfishes. The fishes in this genus are found the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

==Taxonomy== Antennatus was first proposed as a genus in 1957 by the American ichthyologist Leonard Peter Schultz with Antennarius strigatus designated as the type species. A. strigatus was originally described in 1863 by Theodore Gill with its type locality given as Cape San Lucas in Baja California. Some authorities classify this genus in the subfamily Antennariinae within the family Antennariidae. However, the 5th edition of Fishes of the World does not recognise subfamilies within the Antennariidae, classifying the family within the suborder Antennarioidei within the order Lophiiformes, the anglerfishes.