Painted frogfish

Painted frogfish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Lophiiformes
Family: Antennariidae
Genus: Antennarius
Species:
A. pictus
Binomial name
Antennarius pictus
(Shaw, 1794)
Synonyms[2]
  • Lophius pictus Shaw, 1794
  • Lophius chironectes Latreille, 1804
  • Antennarius chironectes (Latreille, 1804)
  • Chironectes verus Cloquet, 1817
  • Chironectes leprosus Eydoux & Souleyet, 1850
  • Antennarius leprosus (Eydoux & Souleyet, 1850)
  • Antennarius polyophthalmus Bleeker, 1852
  • Antennarius horridus Bleeker, 1853
  • Lophiocharon horridus (Bleeker, 1853)

The painted frogfish (Antennarius pictus), or spotted frogfish, black angler or painted anglerfish is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Antennariidae, the frogfishes. This species is found in the Indo-Pacific region.

  1. ^ Pietsch, T. (2022). "Antennarius pictus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T67968922A67970917. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T67968922A67970917.en. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Antennarius pictus". FishBase. February 2024 version.