Scientific Name	Antennatus tuberosus   Pronounce			by: ©Randall, John E.
Author	(Cuvier, 1817)	Depth	0 - 73M
Chinese	網紋手躄魚	Poisonous Fish	Yes
Family_Chinese	躄魚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F228　Antennariidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	網紋手躄魚
Max Length	7 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	五腳虎
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean
Synonyms	Antennarius bigibbus, Antennarius tuberosus, Antennarius unicornis, Chironectes reticulatus, Chironectes tuberosus, Lophius bigibbus
Reference	Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)；中國動物誌-鮟鱇目(蘇等, 2002)  Pietsch, T. W. etc. 1987 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List
Common Name	Pygmy frogfish; Pygmy angler; Reticulated frogfish; Reticulated fishing frog; Tuberculated frogfish; Tuberculated anglerfish; Bandfin frogfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal rays 12; anal rays 7; pectoral rays 11. Body deep, globose, slightly compressed; mouth oblique to vertical; gill open small, behind and below pectoral-fin base; skin cover with extremely close-set, bifurcate dermal spinules; illicium long, about twice length of second dorsal spine, tapering to a fine point; esca absent or tiny; second free from head; third dorsal spine hidden under the skin; caudal peduncle absent; dorsal fin rays connected to caudal fin base; all pectoral and pelvic fin rays simple, all caudal fin rays bifurcate; yellow to brown in color, everywhere covered with dark-brown network, broad dark band and marginal dark bands on the anal and caudal fins.
habitats	It inhabits shallow marine bottom at rocky and coral reefs, always mimics surrounding sponges and coral reef. Always using the stalked pectoral and pelvic fins to slowly walk across the bottom. First dorsal spine highly modified into a long rod with a lur
Distribution	Widely distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific Ocean. It is not common species, occurs in south of Taiwan.
Utility	No commercial value.