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Giant Frogfish

Antennarius commerson

Classification

Commerson's frogfish or the giant frogfish, Antennarius commerson, is a species of euryhaline ray-finned fish belonging to the family Antennariidae, the frogfishes. This fish is found in the Indo-Pacific region. Taxonomy Commerson's frogfish was first formally described in 1798 as Lophius commeron by French naturalist Bernard Germain de Lacépède, with its type locality given as Mauritius.

Distribution

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