''Antennarius moai'', commonly known as the Moai frogfish, is a species of fish native to
Easter Island
Easter Island ( rap, Rapa Nui; es, Isla de Pascua) is an island and special territory of Chile in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeasternmost point of the Polynesian Triangle in Oceania. The island is most famous for its ne ...
in the
South Pacific. This species was discovered by
Gerald R. Allen ''et al.'' in the 1970s.
FishBase lists this taxon as a synonym of ''
Antennatus coccineus.''
References
Antennariidae
Fish described in 1970
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