Scientific Name	Antennarius randalli   Pronounce			by: ©Randall, John E.
Author	Allen, 1970	Depth	8 - 30M
Chinese	藍道氏躄魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	躄魚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F228　Antennariidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	藍道氏躄魚
Max Length	2.05 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	五腳虎
Distribution in World	Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Off Motu Tautara, western coast of Easter Island, southeastern Pacific, depth 20 meters
Synonyms	Antennarius hispidus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)；中國動物誌-鮟鱇目(蘇等, 2002)  Allen, G. R. 1970 Pietsch, T. W. etc. 1987 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	USNM00232176.
Common Name	Randall's frogfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal rays 12; anal rays 7; pectoral rays 9. Body deep, globose, slightly compressed; mouth oblique to vertical; gill open small, behind and below pectoral-fin base; skin covered with close-set dermal spinules; illicium clear shorter than second dorsal spine; secondary dorsal spine strongly curved posteriorly, without terminal appendages, the latter membrane thin and translucent, connect to the third dorsal spine broadly, without bearing cutaneous appendages; third dorsal spine broadly connected to soft-dorsal fin thin membrane skin; dark-brown in color, a black spot on dorsal fin base, a small circular just behind eye and two large bright white circular on caudal fin; body size not larger than about 4 cm.
habitats	It inhabits shallow marine bottom outer reef slopes, always mimics surrounding sponges and coral reef. Using the stalked pectoral and pelvic fins to slowly walk across the bottom. First dorsal spine highly modified into a long rod with a lure at the end c
Distribution	Distributed in the West Pacific Ocean, but rarely to be see. In Taiwan, only one record in the southern off Pingtung.
Utility	No commercial value.