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Antennarius pictus (Shaw, 1794)

Painted frogfish
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Indonesia country information

Common names: Painted anglerfish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: From Bali Strait to Timor Sea. Also recorded from Manado and vicinity; with an Indonesian distribution from Papua to Bali (Ref. 47567). In range Ref. 4113. Also Ref. 48635. Also recorded from Halmahera, Molucca Islands and Lesser Sunda Islands (Ref. 90102).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/id.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Gloerfelt-Tarp, T. and P.J. Kailola, 1984
National Database:

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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Lophiiformes (Anglerfishes) > Antennariidae (Frogfishes)
Etymology: Antennarius: From Latin, antenna, antemna = sensory organ (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Shaw.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 0 - 75 m (Ref. 6773), usually ? - 16 m (Ref. 90102).   Tropical; 32°N - 36°S, 29°E - 147°W (Ref. 57375)

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