Antennarius

Antennarius

Age

present

Distribution 

The Atlantic and Pacific, as well as in the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea

Habitat

Tropical and subtropical oceans, shallow water

Taxonomy

Actinopterygii, Lophiiformes, Antennariidae

Body size

To 330 mm in Antennarius avalonis

Trivia

Yet in no other group are so many highly evolved and complex adaptations integrated into a single organism. Understanding the specialized morphological and behavioral adaptions of Antennarius is a challenge for investigators