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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 , Afrikaans , South Africa
  • Laffe cochon , Creole, French , Mauritius
  • Sminket tudsefisk , Danish , Denmark
  • Black angler , English , Australia
  • Devil fish , English , Mauritius
  • Painted angler , English , South Africa
  • Painted anglerfish , English , Australia
  • Painted anglerfish , English , Indonesia
  • Painted anglerfish , English , Hawaii
  • Painted frogfish , English , Micronesia
  • Painted frogfish , English , Papua New Guinea
  • Painted frogfish , English , UK
  • Painted frogfish , English , Hawaii
  • Spotted frogfish , English , Hawaii
  • Ümarlaik-klounkala , Estonian , Estonia
  • Ümarlaik-tundelkala , Estonian , Estonia
  • Ômon-izariuo , Japanese , Japan
  • Peychanpolotha-meen , Malayalam , India
  • പിയ്ചാന് പൊലൊത മീന് , Malayalam , India
  • പേച്ചന് , Malayalam , India
  • 白斑躄魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 白斑躄魚 , Mandarin Chinese , Taiwan/Ch Taipei
  • 白斑躄鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 皮屑躄魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 皮屑躄鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 絨冠躄魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 绒冠躄鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

    • 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