Antennarius pictus is uncommon to rare at Kwajalein, but is still one of the frogfish species most frequently encountered. It comes in a number of distinct color forms, including green, red, orange and black, all shown on separate pages. While we have seen only this single individual of this color form at Kwajalein, they are more common in Indonesia and the Philippines. The specimen, measuring about 25mm long, was hidden among Halimeda plants in a lagoon algae patch at a depth of about 9m. The pattern on the fish resembles a white colonial tunicate also found in the same algae patches.
This frogfish is marked like the colonial tunicate below.
Created 12 March 2012
Updated 24 December 2019