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Identification Key Frogfishes

Japan and Taiwan - Frogfishes with long lures

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

These frogfishes are common in Japan and have a long luring apparatus:

Antennarius commerson and Antennarius pictus are the frogfishes most commenly found in Japan. They like to sit on exposed areas and are quite large. Unfortunately they both belong to the so called Pictus-group and it is quite difficult to distinguish them. Means of identification for frogfishes of the Antennarius pictus group.

Antennarius commerson (Giant frogfish)

		Information 30cm

Antennarius maculatus (Warty or Clown frogfish)

		Information 8-10cm
Juvenile - Jungtier:

Antennarius pictus (Painted frogfish)

		Information 10-16cm

These frogfishes are uncommon in Japan:

Abantennarius rosaceus has a long 2nd spine with small bushes.

Abantennarius rosaceus (Rosy frogfish, Spiny-tufted Frogfish)

		Information 4cm

Antennatus tuberosus shows honeycomb patterns on its skin, its color is yellow, redish and pink and it has a striped tail.

Antennatus tuberosus (Bandfin frogfish)

		Information 7cm

Antennatus flagellatus (Whip Frogfish) has a very long lure (3.6 times second dorsal spine) - do you have a photo - pelase write to me.

Antennatus flagellatus (Whip Frogfish)

		Information 6cm

Fowlerichthys scriptissimus (Scripted Frogfish - Gestrichelter Anglerfisch) - Antennarius scriptissimus

		Information 28cm

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.