The spotfin frogfish was first formally described as Chironectes nummifer by the French zoologist Georges Cuvier with its See more

The spotfin frogfish has the genus name Abantennarius which prefixes ab, meaning "away from", onto antennarius, a fish of the family Antennaridae. This is an allusion to the gill opening being positioned away from the base o… See more

The spotfin frogfish has 3 dorsal spines and a second dorsal fin which contains 12 or 13 soft rays while the anal fin contains 7 or 8 soft rays. The iliicium is about the same length as the second dorsal spine and bears an … See more

The spotfin frogfish is found in the eastern and central Atlantic Ocean where it has been recorded from the Azores, Madeira, the Canary Islands and Saint Helena. In the Indian Ocean it has been recorded from the Red Sea… See more

The spotfin frogfish is oviparous, the females laying egg masses within ribbons of gelatinous mucus, known as an "egg rafts" or "veils". An egg raft laid in captivity was found estimated to hold 48,000 eggs. The larvae … See more

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