Frogfishes
Antennariidae
Frogfishes are any member of the anglerfish family Antennariidae, of the order Lophiiformes. Antennariids are known as anglerfishes in Australia, where the term "frogfish" refers to members of the unrelated family Batrachoididae. Frogfishes are found in almost all tropical and subtropical oceans and seas around the world, the primary exception being the Mediterranean Sea.
8 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 69 known species
Fibonacci frogfishes
subfamilyAntennariinae
Balrog Frogfishes
subfamilyRhycherinae
Starfingered Frogfishes
subfamilyHistiophryninae
Fanfin frogfishes
subfamilyFowlerichthyinae
Handfishes
subfamilyBrachionichthyinae
Four-armed Frogfishes
subfamilyTetrabrachiinae
Longfin Frogfishes
subfamilyTathicarpinae
Lophichthyin Frogfishes
subfamilyLophichthyinae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 63279.