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Painted frogfish
Antennarius pictus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Painted frogfish
- Scientific
- Antennarius pictus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 30 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 0 to 75 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2021
Description
A frogfish of variable colour, often with darker spots, reaching about 30 cm; a black phase has white-tipped pectoral fins. It lives on shallow sheltered reefs among sponges, and juveniles mimic sponges or nudibranchs.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Antennarius-pictus.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Antennarius_pictus_-_Painted_FrogFish.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.