CreatureData

Nipponic frogfish

Antennatus flagellatus Ohnishi, Iwata & Hiramatsu, 1997

Status not recordedbony fish

The nipponic frogfish (Antennatus flagellatus) is a species in the family Antennariidae, order Lophiiformes.

No freely licensed photo yet

Quick facts about the nipponic frogfish

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the nipponic frogfish live?

Not recorded

Is the nipponic frogfish endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the nipponic frogfish classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderLophiiformes
  5. familyAntennariidae
  6. genusAntennatus
  7. SpeciesAntennatus flagellatus Ohnishi, Iwata & Hiramatsu, 1997
Other names and names in other languages (3)
  • rozedranec japonskýCzech
  • ムチカエルアンコウJapanese
  • Peixe-sapo-nipônicoPortuguese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the nipponic frogfish

Other species in the same genus Antennatus.

CompareNipponic frogfish vs Bandtail frogfishNipponic frogfish vs Pygmy anglerfishNipponic frogfish vs Pygmy frogfish

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

What kind of animal is the nipponic frogfish?

The nipponic frogfish (Antennatus flagellatus) belongs to the family Antennariidae in the order Lophiiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

Embed a card for this animal on your own site

Copy this code. The card shows the photo with its credit, key facts and a link back to this page.

Preview the card

APA

CreatureData. (2026). Nipponic frogfish (Antennatus flagellatus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/nipponic-frogfish

MLA

“Nipponic frogfish (Antennatus flagellatus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/nipponic-frogfish.

BibTeX
@misc{nipponic_frogfish_2026,
  title = {Nipponic frogfish (Antennatus flagellatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/nipponic-frogfish},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}