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Histrio histrio

Histrio histrio (*)

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Osteichthyes
Classis: Actinopterygii
Subclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Superordo: Paracanthopterygii
Ordo: Lophiiformes
Subordo: Antennarioidei
Familia: Antennariidae
Genus: Histrio
Species: Histrio histrio

Name

Histrio histrio (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms

* Lophius histrio Linnaeus, 1758
* Histrio jagua Nichols, 1920


References

* Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema Naturae, Ed. X. (Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata.) Holmiae. Systema Naturae, Ed. X. v. 1: i-ii + 1-824.


Links

* Histrio histrio Report on ITIS


Vernacular names
Polski: antenarius sargasowy, histrion

The sargassumfish, Histrio histrio (literally, "the actor"), is a frogfish of the family Antennariidae, the only species in its genus. It lives among sargassum weed which floats in subtropical oceans. Its length can reach 20 centimeters (7.9 in).

References

Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). Species of Histrio in FishBase. May 2006 version.
Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Histrio histrio" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8

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