Spotfin frogfish

Abantennarius nummifer

A pale ringed dark eyespot on the soft dorsal fin

Tropical
Transcontinental
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Africa
East Asia
Oceania
Deep-bodied
Compressed cross-section
Small
Tropical fish

The spotfin frogfish (Abantennarius nummifer), also known as the big-spot angler, coin-bearing frogfish, darkspot frogfish, ocellated angler, ocellated fringed fishing frog, opulent frogfish, spotfin angler or white-finger anglerfish, is a species ray-finned fish belonging to the family Antennariidae, the frogfishes. The spotfin frogfish is found in scattered locations the eastern Atlantic, Indian and western Pacific Oceans.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Anglerfishes
Family: Antennariidae
Genus: Abantennarius
Maximum length: 13 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: deep_bodied
Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Azores, Madeira, the Canary Islands, and St. Helena. Indo-Pacific: Red Sea, Persian Gulf and East Africa to the Hawaiian and Society islands, north to Japan, south to New Zealand.

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