Real photoREAL PHOTO
Antennariidae
striated frogfish
Antennarius striatus
Striped body swells into a puffer shape
- Tropical
- Transcontinental
- Atlantic Ocean
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- Central America and the Caribbean
- East Asia
- North America
- Oceania
- South America
- Deep-bodied
- Compressed cross-section
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Atlantic Ocean
Africa
Deep-bodied
Mediumstriated frogfish is a marine fish of Western Atlantic. The species occupies marine waters. The largest recorded length is 25 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Anglerfishes
- Family
- Antennariidae
- Genus
- Antennarius
- Maximum length
- 25 cm
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- Western Atlantic: off the coast of New Jersey (USA), Bermuda, Bahamas, Gulf of Mexico and throughout the island groups of the Caribbean to the southernmost coast of Brazil. Eastern Atlantic: off the African coast, from Senegal to Southwest Africa, with a single record from St. Helena. Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and the East African coast to the Society and Hawaiian islands, north to Japan, south to Australia and New Zealand. Not in Eastern Pacific (Ref. 123477 ver. 09Nov2021).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
