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title: "Painted Frogfish"
description: "Antennarius pictus — Ryby. The painted frogfish (Antennarius pictus), or spotted frogfish, black angler or painted anglerfish is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Antennariidae, the frogfishes."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/painted-frogfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Painted Frogfish

> Antennarius pictus — Ryby. The painted frogfish (Antennarius pictus), or spotted frogfish, black angler or painted anglerfish  is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Antennariidae, the frogfishes.

- Scientific name: *Antennarius pictus*
- Category: `fish` (Ryby)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże)
- iNaturalist observations: 2480
- Wikidata: [Q1980213](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1980213)
- iNaturalist taxon: [152996](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/152996)

## Names

- en: Painted Frogfish
- de: Rundflecken-Anglerfisch
- fr: Antennaire peint

## Countries with the most observations

ID (508), PH (304), AU (208), NC (99), US (32), HK (17), TL (15), KE (9), TZ (9), MH (8), MY (8), TW (6)

## Summary

The painted frogfish (Antennarius pictus), 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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Painted_frogfish

## Photo

![Painted Frogfish](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/painted-frogfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: Justin Philbois · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/263122451

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/painted-frogfish?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).