''Antennarius'' is a

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of 11

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

of fish in the

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Antennariidae. These fish spend most of their lives on the bottom in relatively shallow water between 20 and 100 m. They can be found worldwide in tropical and subtropical waters. They are well-

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d ambush predators that wait for prey fish to pass by. They have "lures" which they move to attract the prey. They have little

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other than a minor role in the aquarium trade. Commerson's frogfish was the first species in this genus to be described, in 1798.

Species

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Antennariidae Marine fish genera Taxa named by François Marie Daudin {{Lophiiformes-stub