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Black Angler

Antennarius pictus

Classification

The painted frogfish (Antennarius pictus), or spotted frogfish, black angler or painted anglerfish is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Antennariidae, the frogfishes. This species is found in the Indo-Pacific region. Taxonomy The painted frogfish was first formally described as Lophius pictus in 1794 by the English biologist George Shaw with its type locality given as Tahiti in the Society Islands.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
France · 96United States of America · 27