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Spotfin frogfish

Abantennarius nummifer

Classification

The spotfin frogfish (Abantennarius nummifer), also known as the big-spot angler, coin-bearing frogfish, darkspot frogfish, ocellated angler, ocellated fringed fishing frog, opulent frogfish, spotfin angler or white-finger anglerfish, is a species ray-finned fish belonging to the family Antennariidae, the frogfishes. The spotfin frogfish is found in scattered locations the eastern Atlantic, Indian and western Pacific Oceans. Taxonomy The spotfin frogfish was first formally described as Chironectes nummifer by the French zoologist Georges Cuvier with its type locality being unknown.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
France · 7