Galapagos Species Database
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Abantennarius coccineus
Ranisapo escarlata, Scarlet frogfish
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Lophiiformes
Family
Antennariidae
Genus
Abantennarius
Species
coccineus
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Abantennarius neocaledoniensis Le Danois, 1964, Antennarius coccineus (Lesson, 1831), Antennarius immaculatus Le Danois, 1970 , Antennarius leucus Fowler, 1934, Antennarius moai Allen, 1970, Antennarius stigmaticus Ogilby, 1912, Antennatus coccineus (Lesson, 1831), Chironectes coccineus Lesson, 1831 (Ahyong, S., et al., 2023).
Origin: Native
- Ahyong, S. Boyko, C.B., Bailly, N., Bernot, J., Bieler, R, ... Williams, D.M., Williams, G., Wilson, R., Witkowski, J., Wyatt, N., Wylezich, C., Xavier, J., Xu, K., Zanol, J., Zeidler, W., Zhao, Z., Zullini, A. (2023) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
- Grove, J.S. Long, D.J., Robertson, D.R. & Victor, B.C. (2022) List of Fishes of the Galapagos Archipelago, Ecuador. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 39, 14–22.
- McCosker, J.E. Rosenblatt, R.H. (2010) The fishes of the Galápagos Archipelago: an update. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sc., Ser. 4, vol. 61, Suppl. II, no. 11: 167-195.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Abantennarius coccineus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=24748. Accessed 5 November 2026.