''Fowlerichthys'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

frogfish Frogfishes are any member of the anglerfish family Antennariidae, of the order Lophiiformes. Antennariids are known as anglerfish in Australia, where the term "frogfish" refers to members of the unrelated family Batrachoididae. Frogfishes are ...

es. The first one was described in 1801.

Species

There are currently five recognized

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in this genus: * ''

Fowlerichthys avalonis ''Fowlerichthys avalonis'', known as the roughbar frogfish, is a species of fish in the family Antennariidae. It is native to the East Pacific, where it ranges from California's Santa Catalina Island to Peru. This species reaches 33 cm (13 ...

'' D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1907 (Roughbar frogfish) * ''

Fowlerichthys ocellatus The ocellated frogfish, ''Fowlerichthys ocellatus'', is a frogfish of the family Antennariidae, found in the western Atlantic including the eastern portion of the Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean Sea The Caribbean Sea ( es, Mar Caribe; fren ...

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& J. G. Schneider, 1801 (Ocellated frogfish) * ''

Fowlerichthys radiosus ''Fowlerichthys radiosus'', the singlespot frogfish, is a species of frogfish found in the Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's ...

'' Garman, 1896 (Singlespot frogfish) * ''

Fowlerichthys scriptissimus ''Fowlerichthys scriptissimus'' is a species of fish in the family Antennariidae. It is native to the Indo-West Pacific, where it occurs in rocky areas of coastal coral reefs at a depth range of 73 to 185 m (240 to 620 ft). It is an oviparo ...

'' D. S. Jordan, 1902 * ''

Fowlerichthys senegalensis ''Fowlerichthys senegalensis'', known as the Senegalese frogfish, is a species of fish in the family Antennariidae, the frogfishes. It is native to the Eastern Atlantic, where it may be found off the African coast from Morocco to Angola, includi ...

'' Cadenat, 1959 (Senegalese frogfish)

References

Antennariidae Marine fish genera Taxa named by Thomas Barbour {{Lophiiformes-stub