Antennarius striatus (Shaw, 1794)

Fermon, Yves, Bailly, Nicolas, Cardiec, Floriane, Causse, Romain, Chartrain, Emmanuel, Chirio, Laurent, Bruyne, Godefroy De, Deynat, Pascal, Hopkins, Carl D., Lamboj, Anton, Mennesson, Marion I., Beh, Jean-Hervé Mve, Paugy, Didier, Sidlauskas, Brian, Sullivan, John P., Weghe, Jean-Pierre Van De, Vigliotta, Thomas R. & Zee, Jouke Van Der, 2022, An annotated checklist of the fishes of Gabon, Cybium 46 (2), pp. 2-3 : 301

Antennarius striatus (Shaw, 1794)

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 25 cm TL

Water type: marine, brackish

Environment: reef associated

Depth range: 10-219 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2015)

Source: observation

Distribution and remarks: widely distributed in shallow waters of the Atlantic, Indian, and western Pacific oceans. Eastern Atlantic: known from off the African coast, from Senegal to Southwest Africa, with a single record from St. Helena . Observed in ghost drifting nets and on board of trawlers (De Bruyne, pers. obs.).