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Fowlerichthys
Sign in to saveFowlerichthys is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Antennariidae, the frogfishes. The fishes in this genus are found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the only member of the subfamily Fowlerichthyinae.
Species
Roughjaw Frogfish
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderLophiiformes
- FamilyAntennariidae
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Fowlerichthys is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Antennariidae, the frogfishes. The fishes in this genus are found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the only member of the subfamily Fowlerichthyinae.
==Taxonomy== Fowlerichthys was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1941 by the American zoologist Thomas Barbour when he described Fowlerichthys floridanus, which he also designated as its type species. F. floridanus is now considered a junior synonym of Antennarius radiosus, described in 1896 by Samuel Garman, with a type locality of Key West in Florida.
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