You get a Painted Frogfish

Almost forgot today's mermaid!

I didn't realize that I'd apparently forgotten to post July AND August's fish?!?! here they are now, whoops!

Marine Encyclopedia - The Gabbiano

Endless Ocean, Nintendo Wii

though there are two gobies here that weren't properly described when eo1 and 2 were released, they've both since been given scientific names!

“Aquarium Frogfish”

Painted Frogfish (Antennarius pictus)

Also known as the Spotted Frogfish, the painted frogfish is a species of Frogfish (Antennariidae) that is known to occur in tropical and subtropical waters from the Indo-Pacific area, including the Red Sea. Spotted frogfish typically inhabit sheltered rocky and corals reefs and adults are often seen in associated with sponges. Like other Antennariids, painted frogfish are voracious predators, ambushing a wide range of animals that pass by them. Juvenile A. pictus  are noted for mimicking juvenile flatworms as a form of defense until they grow large enough to fend for themselves.

Classification

Animalia-Chordata-Actinopterygii-Lophiiformes-Antennariidae-Antennarius-A. pictus

Painted frogfish (Antennarius pictus)

The painted frogfish is a marine fish belonging to the family Antennariidae. It grows up to 30 centimetres long. Like other members of its family, it has a globulous, extensible body, with soft skin is covered with small dermal spinules. The coloring of the body is extremely variable because they always tend to match their living environments. Frogfishes have the capacity to change coloration and pigment pattern in few weeks. It lives in the tropical and subtropical waters from the Indo-Pacific area, Red Sea included. It is found on sheltered rocky and coral reefs. As all frogfishes, A. hispidus is a voracious carnivore which can attack all all small animals that pass within its "strike range", mainly fishes, but even sometimes congeners. Its prey can be close to its own size.