🦋 Family

Antennariidae

7 species · Animals

Animalia › Chordata › › Lophiiformes › Antennariidae

Antennarius maculatus, the warty frogfish, is a variable-colored Indo-Pacific frogfish with a fishing lure-like modified spine that ambushes prey.

Commerson's frogfish (Antennarius commerson) is a variable-colored anglerfish found in Indo-Pacific tropical reefs.

Antennarius striatus, the striated frogfish, is a small, color-changing predatory marine fish with a prey-luring modified spine.

Antennarius multiocellatus, the longlure frogfish, is a common solitary Western Atlantic sponge-mimicking reef frogfish harmless to humans.

Antennarius pictus, the painted frogfish, is a variable-colored Indo-Pacific anglerfish that lives on shallow sheltered reefs.

Antennatus tuberosus is a small frogfish found in Indo-Pacific onshore coral reefs, with distinct spine and color markings.

Rhycherus filamentosus is an endemic Australian reef-dwelling frogfish, a benthic ambush predator that lures prey.

Related Families

Lophiidae 2 species Histiophrynidae 1 species Ogcocephalidae 1 species

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