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Identification Key Frogfishes

Eastern Atlantic

All frogfish species listed here are living in the Eastern Atlantic and are not striped.
For striped frogfishes living in the Eastern Atlantic click here.
For a overwiew of all frogfishes from this area click here.

All frogfishes in this area have a luring apparatus (illicium), that are the same size or larger than the second dorsal spine.

Frequency

Abantennarius nummifer lives in nearly all tropical oceans, unfortunately it lives very hidden and is found not that often. It differs from the other frogfish species listed here in only having a single dorsal spot.

Abantennarius nummifer (Spotfin frogfish)

		Information 10cm

Antennarius multiocellatus and Antennarius pardalis (Leopard frogfish) look very similar, they both belong to the so called Pictus group (more information), but Antennarius pardalis (Leopard frogfish) also has spots on the belly.

Antennarius multiocellatus (Longlure frogfish)

		Information 11cm

Antennarius pardalis (Leopard frogfish)

		Information 10cm

Fowlerichthys radiosus (Big-Eyed frogfish) - Antennarius radiosus

		Information 11cm

Fowlerichthys senegalensis (Senegalese Frogfish)

		Information 29cm
mottled - marmoriert

This identification key is only for species of the subfamily Antennariinae (frogfishes, family Antennariidae, suborder Antennarioidei) which are frogfishes living in tropical and Subtropical waters.
Please take note, that this is a simplified identification key. Ichthyologists use tables with the number of dorsal, anal and pectoral rays, the length of the illicium and other distinguishing characteristics for means of identification.