Galapagos Species Database
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Antennarius commerson
Ranisapo de Commerson, ranisapo de Commerson, Giant frogfish
Size: 13-25 cm
Habitat: Sand, rubble and rocky bottoms; camouflage
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Lophiiformes
Suborder
Antennarioidei
Family
Antennariidae
Genus
Antennarius
Species
commerson
Taxon category: Accepted
Antennarius bivertex Commerson, 1798, Antennarius caudimaculatus (Rüppell, 1838), Antennarius commerson (Latreille, 1804), Antennarius commersoni (Latreille, 1804), Antennarius commersonii (Cuvier, 1817), Antennarius commersonii (Latreille, 1804), Antennarius goramensis Bleeker, 1864, Antennarius lateralis Tanaka, 1917, Antennarius lutescens Seale, 1906, Antennarius moluccensis Bleeker, 1855, Antennarius rubrofuscus (Garrett, 1863), Chironectes caudimaculatus Rüppell, 1838, Chironectes commersonii Cuvier, 1817, Chironectes rubrofuscus Garrett, 1863, Lophie commerson Lacepède, 1798, Lophiocharon goramensis (Bleeker, 1864), Lophius commerson Latreille, 1804, Lophius commerson Lacepède, 1798, Lophius commersonii Shaw, 1804 fide Horton et al. ( 2021)
Origin: Vagrant
Distribution: Indo-Pacific to Central America including Cocos, Panama and Columbia, also Galapagos
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- Humann, P. Deloach, N. (2003) Reef Fish Identification - Galapagos. New World Publication, Inc. Florida USA & Libri Mundi, Quito, Ecuador, 226 pp.
- IUCN (2010) IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 April 2010.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Antennarius commerson", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11519. Accessed 1 April 2026.