Florent's Guide To The

Hawaii Reefs

Painted Frogfish
Antennarius pictus
Painted Frogfish
Category: Frogfishes
Scientific Name: Antennarius pictus
Size: Up to 6 in. (16 cm)  
Depth: 10-200 ft. (3-60 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Hawaii, Red Sea, Australia, French Polynesia
Chordata (Phylum)
└Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
 └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  └Actinopteri (Superclass)
   └Teleostei (Class)
    └Lophiiformes (Order)
     └Antennariidae (Family)
      └Antennarius (Genus)
       └A. pictus (Species)

Bottom Dwellers
Frogfishes

Painted Frogfish (Juvenile)

Painted Frogfish

Striated Frogfish

Giant Frogfish

Warty Frogfish (Juvenile)

Warty Frogfish



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