''Antennatus dorehensis'', commonly known as the New Guinean frogfish, is a
species of fish in the family
Antennariidae. It is found throughout the Indo-Pacific including
East Africa
East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territories make up Eastern Africa:
Due to the historical ...
, the
Philippines,
New Guinea, the
Aldabra Islands
The Aldabra Group are part of the Outer Islands of the Seychelles, lying in the southwest of the island nation, around from the capital, Victoria, on Mahé Island.
Population and area
The group contains four islands and atolls. The largest in ...
, the
Ryukyu Islands, the
Cocos Islands, and
Tahiti. This species occurs in intertidal reef flats and reaches 14 cm (5.5 inches) in total length. It is an oviparous fish that binds its eggs in thin ribbons or large masses of gelatinous mucus known as egg "rafts" or "veils".
References
Antennariidae
Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker
Fish described in 1859
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