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Updated 8/1/2025

Family Antennariidae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Antennarius pictus

Blowhole, Oahu, 15 feet

 

Wailea Wreck, Maui, 60 feet

Blowhole, Oahu, 15 feet

 

Wailea Wreck, Maui, 60 feet

Makapu'u, Oahu, 25 feet

Makapu'u, Oahu, 25 feet

 

Red Hill, Makena, Maui, 30 feet



Juvenile, Central Philippines 

 



Oahu, Hawaii
 
   

PAINTED FROGFISH

Not common in Hawaii and difficult to distinguish from Commerson's Frogfish.  Multicolored juveniles are fairly common in Japan.  Usually decorated with ocellated spots.  Membrane behind second dorsal spine is thin.  Dorsal rays 12, anal rays 7, pectoral rays 10 (one less than A. commerson).  East Africa to Japan, Hawaii, and French Polynesia.