Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Abantennarius sanguineus
Pez sapo sanguíneo, Sanguine or Bloody frogfish
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Lophiiformes
Family
Antennariidae
Genus
Abantennarius
Species
sanguineus
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Antennarius sanguineus Gill, 1863, Antennatus sanguineus (Gill, 1863) fide Horton et al. ( 2021)
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Grove, J.S. Lavenberg, R.J. (1997) The Fishes of the Galapagos Islands. Stanford University Press, Stanford California. 862 pp.
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
- Humann, P. Deloach, N. (2003) Reef Fish Identification - Galapagos. New World Publication, Inc. Florida USA & Libri Mundi, Quito, Ecuador, 226 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Abantennarius sanguineus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=24693. Accessed 31 October 2026.