Painted frogfish

Painted frogfish
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Lophiiformes
Family: Antennariidae
Genus: Antennarius
Species:
A. pictus
Binomial name
Antennarius pictus
(Shaw, 1794)
Synonyms
  • Lophius pictus Shaw, 1794
  • Lophius chironectes Latreille, 1804
  • Antennarius chironectes (Latreille, 1804)
  • Chironectes verus Cloquet, 1817
  • Chironectes leprosus Eydoux & Souleyet, 1850
  • Antennarius leprosus (Eydoux & Souleyet, 1850)
  • Antennarius polyophthalmus Bleeker, 1852
  • Antennarius horridus Bleeker, 1853
  • Lophiocharon horridus (Bleeker, 1853)

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.