Rhycherus
Rhycherus filamentosus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Lophiiformes
Family: Antennariidae
Subfamily: Histiophryninae
Genus: Rhycherus
J. D. Ogilby, 1907
Type species
Rhycherus wildii
Ogilby, 1907[1]

Rhycherus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the subfamily Histiophryninae in the family Antennariidae, the frogfishes. The fishes in this genus are endemic to the waters off Australia. This genus is classified in the monogeneric family Rhycheridae, the Balrog frogfishes.

Taxonomy

Rhycherus was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1907 by the Australian ichthyologist James Douglas Ogilby when he described Rhycherus wildii.[1] R. wildii had its type locality given as South Australia, this taxon is now considered to be a junior synonym of Chironectes filamentosus, originally described by François-Louis Laporte, comte de Castelnau in 1872 from St Vincent Gulf in South Australia.[2] Some authorities classify this genus in the subfamily Histiophryninae within the family Antennariidae.,[3] While others place it in the monotypic family Rhycheridae.[1]However, the 5th edition of Fishes of the World does not recognise subfamilies within the Antennariidae, classifying the family, including this genus, within the suborder Antennarioidei within the order Lophiiformes, the anglerfishes.[4]

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Rhycheridae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  2. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Rhycherus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  3. ^ Arnold, R.J.; Harcourt, R. & Pietsch, T.W. (2014). "A New Genus and Species of the Frogfish Family Antennariidae (Teleostei: Lophiiformes: Antennarioidei) from New South Wales, Australia, with a Diagnosis and Key to the Genera of the Histiophryninae". Copeia. 2014 (3): 534–539. doi:10.1643/ci-13-155. S2CID 83936725.
  4. ^ Nelson, J.S.; Grande, T.C.; Wilson, M.V.H. (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. pp. 508–518. doi:10.1002/9781119174844. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6. LCCN 2015037522. OCLC 951899884. OL 25909650M.
  5. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Rhycherus in FishBase. April 2012 version.


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