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Warty frogfish
Antennarius maculatus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Warty frogfish
- Scientific
- Antennarius maculatus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 15 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 1 to 15 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2021
Description
A small frogfish covered in wart-like bumps, cream, yellow, brown or black with dark spots and saddles, and usually red or orange edges to the fins; its large lure mimics a tiny fish. It lives on sheltered reefs among sponges and soft corals. Juveniles sit in the open looking like nudibranchs.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives on the FishBase country checklist (status: present). No Maldives-specific information was found in MRS (1997) or the other sources reviewed, and no Dhivehi name is recorded.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Antennarius-maculatus.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Antennarius_maculatus_(Desjardins,_1840)_2283129219.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.