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A striated frogfish, with upturned mouth, very distinct spinules, and esca in the form of a white worm A frogfish in Mactan, Philippines Frogfishes have a stocky appearance, atypical of fish. Ranging from 2.5–38 cm (0.98–14.96 in) long, their plump, high-backed, unstreamlined body is scaleless and bare, often covered with bumpy, bifurcated ...
Abantennarius coccineus, the scarlet or freckled frogfish, is a species of frogfish originally classified as Chironectes coccineus [2] [3] and Antennarius coccineus. It lives within tropical waters and has a central distribution being around Indo-East-Pacific areas — excluding Hawaii. [ 2 ]
The frogfish uses its stalked pectoral fins and its pelvic fins to slowly "walk" across the bottom. Frogfishes have been observed inflating themselves by filling their stomachs with air or water. [7] This is a solitary species found in small populations. It is the most common frogfish species in the West Indies [8] and harmless to humans. [2]
Batrachoididae / b æ t r ə ˈ k ɔɪ d ɪ d iː / is the only family in the ray-finned fish order Batrachoidiformes / b æ t r ə ˈ k ɔɪ d ɪ f ɔːr m iː z /.Members of this family are usually called toadfish or frogfish: both the English common name and scientific name refer to their toad-like appearance (batrakhos is Greek for frog).
Striated frogfish gather during the mating period but do not tolerate each other after fertilization. [6] This small fish grows up to 22 cm (8.7 in) long. Like other members of its family, it has a rounded, extensible body, and its soft skin is covered with irregularly-arranged dermal spinules resembling hairs. Its large mouth is forwardly ...
These are large frogfishes, [8] with the largest species being the ocellated frogfish (F. ocellatus) which has a maximum published total length of 38 cm (15 in) [6] while the smallest is the singlespot frogfsih (Fowlerichthys radiosus) which has a maximum length of 25 cm (9.8 in).
Fowlerichthys scriptissimus, the calico frogfish or scripted frogfish, [2] is a species of fish in the family Antennariidae.It is native to the Indo-West Pacific, where it occurs in rocky areas of coastal coral reefs at a depth range of 73 to 185 m (240 to 607 ft).
Abantennarius rosaceus has the genus name Abantennarius which prefixes ab, meaning "away from", onto antennarius, a fish of the family Antennaridae.This is an allusion to the gill opening being positioned away from the base of the pectoral fin, which is typically where it is located in frogfishes.