Note: Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- Historical Perspective -- Structure of This Volume -- 2. Approach and Procedures -- 3. What Makes a Frogfish? -- Illicial Apparatus and Associated Cephalic Spines -- Dermal Spinules -- Gill Filaments -- Opercular Opening -- Caudal Peduncle -- Acoustico-Lateralis System -- Fin Rays -- Warts -- Cutaneous Appendages -- Maxilla -- Ovarian Morphology -- Color and Color Pattern -- 4. Biodiversity -- Family Antennariidae Jarocki -- Classification of the Antennariidae -- Subfamily Antennariinae Gill -- Key to the Known Genera of the Subfamily Antennariinae -- Genus Fowlerichthys Barbour -- Genus Antennarius Daudin -- Antennarius striatus Group Pietsch -- Antennarius pictus Group Pietsch -- Antennarius biocellatus Group Pietsch -- Antennarius pauciradiatus Group Pietsch -- Genus Nudiantennarius Schultz -- Genus Histrio Fischer -- Genus Abantennarius Schultz -- Genus Antennatus Schultz -- Subfamily Histiophryninae Arnold and Pietsch -- Key to the Known Genera of the Subfamily Histiophryninae -- Genus Rhycherus Ogilby -- Genus Porophryne Arnold, Harcourt, and Pietsch -- Genus Kuiterichthys Pietsch -- Genus Phyllophryne Pietsch -- Genus Echinophryne McCulloch and Waite -- Genus Tathicarpus Ogilby -- Genus Lophiocharon Whitley -- Genus Histiophryne Gill -- Genus Allenichthys Pietsch -- Species Incertae Sedis -- The Fossil Record -- 5. Evolutionary Relationships -- Ordinal Relationships -- Subordinal and Familial Relationships -- Key to the Major Subgroups of the Lophiiformes -- Interrelationships of Antennariid Genera and Species Groups -- Morphological Evidence -- Molecular Evidence -- Reconciling the Evidence -- Phylogenetic Position of Fowlerichthys -- Phylogenetic Position of Antennarius indicus -- Intrarelationships of the Antennarius striatus Group. , Phylogenetic Positions of the Antennarius pauciradiatus and Antennarius biocellatus Groups -- Antennatus and the Resurrection of Abantennarius -- Phylogenetic Position of Histrio -- Phylogenetic Position of Nudiantennarius -- Phylogenetic Position of Allenichthys -- Phylogeny, Life History, and Geographic Distribution -- 6. Zoogeography -- Horizontal Distribution -- Wide-Ranging Species -- Western Atlantic Endemics -- Eastern Atlantic Endemics -- Western Indian Ocean Endemic -- Indo-West Pacific Endemic -- Indo-Pacific Species -- Indo-Australian Species -- Southern Australian Endemics -- Japanese Endemic -- Hawaiian and Johnston Atoll Endemic -- Eastern Pacific Endemics -- Vertical Distribution -- Ecological Zoogeography -- Temperature -- Continental versus Insular Species -- Historical Zoogeography -- Generalized Track -- Atlantic-Indo-Pacific Track -- Amphi-American Track -- Trans-Atlantic Track -- Indo-Pacific Track -- Indo-Australian Track -- Southern-Australian Track -- Evidence for Dispersal -- 7. Behavioral Ecology -- Feeding Dynamics -- Aggressive Mimicry -- Protective Resemblance -- Functional Morphology -- Aggressive Resemblance and Foraging-Site Selection -- Feeding Behavior and Biomechanics -- Voracity and Cannibalism -- Defensive Behavior -- Aggression -- Body Inflation -- Venom and Poison -- Locomotion -- Functional Anatomy of the Pectoral Girdle and Fin -- Benthic Locomotion and Tetrapod-Like Gaits -- Pelagic Locomotion and Jet Propulsion -- Reproduction and Early Life History -- Ovarian Morphology and Egg-Raft Structure -- Fecundity -- Sexual Size Differences -- Courtship and Spawning Behavior -- Hybridization -- Egg and Larval Development -- Parental Care -- Alleged Nest Building in Histrio histrio -- 8. Tips for Aquarists and Divers and the Need for Conservation -- The Frogfish Aquarium -- Compatibility -- Feeding. , Disorders and Diseases -- Color Change -- Frogfishes in the Field -- Conservation -- Reallocation of Nominal Species of Frogfishes -- Glossary -- References -- Illustration Credits -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.