Painted angler

About this species

The painted frogfish, or spotted frogfish, black angler or painted anglerfish is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Antennariidae, the frogfishes. This species is found in the Indo-Pacific region.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 77 records
February: 68 records
March: 133 records
April: 172 records
May: 131 records
June: 94 records
July: 92 records
August: 100 records
September: 116 records
October: 97 records
November: 108 records
December: 151 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–400 m · Deepest record: 400.3 m

0–10 m: 5 records
10–20 m: 1 records
20–30 m: 3 records
30–40 m: 2 records
40–50 m: 3 records
50–60 m: 2 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 1 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 3 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 20–29 °C

18–20 °C: 1 records
20–22 °C: 5 records
22–24 °C: 7 records
24–26 °C: 24 records
26–28 °C: 17 records
28–30 °C: 24 records

Photos

(c) Gregor Bailar, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Kai Squires, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Pierre Pericard, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Dan Schofield, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Gregor Bailar, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Kai Squires, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Painted angler, Black Angler, painted angler, Painted Anglerfish, Painted Frogfish, Spotted Frogfish

Names in 6 more languages

German: Rundflecken-Anglerfisch
French: Antennaire peint, Antennaure peint
Japanese: Irokaeruanko, イロカエルアンコウ
Korean: Heuk-jum-bak-ssin-beng-I
Thai: ปลากบลายจุด
Simplified Chinese: 五腳虎, 白斑躄魚

Other scientific names: Antennarius chironectes, Antennarius horridus, Antennarius leprosus, Antennarius polyophthalmus, Chironectes leprosus, Chironectes verus, Lophiocharon horridus, Lophius chironectes, Lophius pictus

Similar species

Black Angler
Antennarius commerson
Warty frogfish
Antennarius maculatus
Striated frogfish
Antennarius striatus
Brackish Frogfish
Antennarius biocellatus
Shaggy angler
Antennarius hispidus
Indian frogfish
Antennarius indicus

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
273 open-data records from 1794 to 2025.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.