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IllustrationSpotfin frogfish
Abantennarius nummifer
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Spotfin frogfish
- Scientific
- Abantennarius nummifer
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 13 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 0 to 293 m (usually 19 to 20 m)
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2014
Description
A small frogfish of variable colour, from yellow or pink to red, brown or black, with a dark spot at the rear of the dorsal fin; its lure looks like a tiny shrimp. It reaches about 13 cm and sits motionless on lagoon and seaward reefs.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Abantennarius-nummifer.html
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.