Blackspot Anglerfish, Tathicarpus butleri Ogilby 1907
Other Names: Black-spot Anglerfish, Butler's Frogfish
A Blackspot Anglerfish, Tathicarpus butleri, in Western Australia. Source: Gerald R. Allen / FishBase. License: All rights reserved
Summary:
A pale grey to greenish or brownish anglerfish, usually with other dark markings, often well-developed skin filaments, and long dorsal, anal and caudal fin rays.
Cite this page as:
Bray, D.J. & Thompson, V.J. 2019, Tathicarpus butleri in Fishes of Australia, accessed 27 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/3576
Blackspot Anglerfish, Tathicarpus butleri Ogilby 1907
More Info
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Distribution |
Found in coastal waters of northern Australia, from the Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia, to Hervey Bay, Queensland. Elsewhere, the species occurs in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Inhabits inshore waters, often sheltering amongst algae and rubble. |
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Fisheries |
Taken as bycatch in commercial trawls. |
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Species Citation |
Tathicarpus butleri Ogilby 1907, Proc. Royal Soc. Qld 20: 20. Type locality: Port Curtis, QLD. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. & Thompson, V.J. 2019 |
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Resources |
Blackspot Anglerfish, Tathicarpus butleri Ogilby 1907
References
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Larson, H.K., Williams, R.S. & Hammer, M.P. 2013. An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Northern Territory, Australia. Zootaxa 3696(1): 1-293.
Larson, H.K. & Williams, R.S. 1997. Darwin Harbour fishes: a survey and annotated checklist. pp. 339-380 in Hanley, H.R., Caswell, G., Megirian, D. & Larson, H.K. (eds) The Marine Flora and Fauna of Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia. Proceedings of the Sixth International Marine Biology Workshop. Darwin : Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory 466 pp.
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Ogilby, J.D. 1907. Some new pediculate fishes. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 20: 17-25. (as Tathicarpus butleri and T. mucosus) See ref at BHL
Ogilby, J.D. 1922. Three new Queensland fishes. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 7(4): 301-304 fig. 19 (as Tathicarpus appeli)
Pietsch, T.W. 1984. The genera of frogfishes (family Antennariidae). Copeia 1984(1): 27-44 fig. 1
Pietsch, T.W. 1999. Families Antennariidae, Tetrabrachiidae, Lophichthyidae. pp. 2013-2019 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds) The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1397-2068.
Pietsch, T.W. & Grobecker, D.B. 1987. Frogfishes of the World: Systematics, Zoogeography, and Behavioral Ecology. Palo Alto : Stanford University Press 420 pp.
Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls.
Schultz, L.P. 1957. The frogfishes of the family Antennariidae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 107(3383): 47-105 figs 1-7 pls 1-14
