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Antennarius pictus (Shaw, 1794)

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12 - 13; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 7 - 8. Color variable; has a black phase with white pectoral ray tips. Bony part of illicium with numerous dark crossbands and nearly twice as long as the 2nd dorsal spine; esca an elongate tuft of flattened appendage.

Common Names

  • Skilder-hengelaar
  • Laffe cochon
  • Sminket tudsefisk
  • Black angler
  • Devil fish
  • Painted angler
  • Painted anglerfish
  • Painted anglerfish
  • Painted anglerfish
  • Painted frogfish
  • Painted frogfish
  • Painted frogfish
  • Painted frogfish
  • Spotted frogfish
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    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Lophiiformes

    Family: Antennariidae

    Genus: Antennarius

    Species: Antennarius pictus (Shaw, 1794)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

    • Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to the Hawaiian and Society islands.

    Biology

    Inhabit shallow sheltered reefs (Ref. 9710). Adults usually with sponges; juveniles openly on sand or reef, mimicking small sponges or nudibranchs (Ref. 48635). Benthic (Ref. 58302). Oviparous. Eggs are bound in ribbon-like sheath or mass of gelatinous mucus called 'egg raft' or 'veil' (Ref. 6773).

    Habitat

    associated

    Conservation Status

    Least Concern

    Threat to Humans

    Harmless

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