#Antennarius maculatus

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Clown Frogfish

[i-give-you-a-fish]

Please give me a fish I have likely never heard of. Deep sea preferably.

Little guy upon ye

You get a Warty Frogfish

Antennarius maculatus

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Joe Choong

Antennarius maculatus

(Warty Frogfish)

Kota Kinabalu Sabah Malaysia

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Warty Frogfish (Antennarius maculatus), juvenile, family Antennariidae, Bali, Indonesia

photograph by Wolfgang Assl

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Animal of the Day!

Warty Frogfish (Antennarius maculatus)

(Photo from the Aquarium Club)

Conservation Status- 

Habitat- Indian Ocean coral reefs; Pacific Ocean coral reefs

Size (Weight/Length)- 15 cm

Diet- Small fish; Shrimp; Small crabs

Cool Facts- The warty frogfish is the master of coral reef camouflage. Over the span of a few weeks, they can turn their coloration to match their surroundings. Even in bleached coral reefs, warty frogfish can turn white to match the dead corals. A specially adapted lure with a bait-like juts from their forehead. Although it normally lays flat on their back, when hunting they use this lure to bring fish into striking range. Their modified pectoral fins that look like feet are used to walk across corals and the ocean floor rather than swim. In open water, warty frogfish can swim although they prefer walking when searching for prey.

Rating- 13/10 (Females have a taste for cannibalism.)

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(Photo by Dov Zingerman)

The warty frogfish or clown frogfish (Antennarius maculatus) is a marine fish belonging to the family Antennariidae. The warty frogfish grows up to 15 cm (5.9 in) long and lives in the tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific. The skin is covered with numerous small, wart-like protuberances and its coloring is extremely variable because it tends to match its living environment. Frogfishes have the capacity to change coloration and pigment pattern in a few weeks : during coral bleaching events, they can even turn to plain white to blend in with the environment. However, the dominant coloration goes from white to black, passing through a whole range of related nuances such as cream, pink, yellow, red, and brown, often with dark, circular spots and/or with saddles. 

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Antennarius maculatus or the Clown Frogfish 

Just like the octopus, the Clown Frogfish can change color to hide from predators, which are moray eels and other Frogfish, and to ambush prey. Unlike most fish, they don’t have swim bladders (which is what essentially gives a fish buoyancy) so they use their pectoral fins to “walk” the sea floor. They can also push large amounts of water through their gills as a form of propulsion. 

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Clown Frogfish

Antennarius maculatus

Source: Here

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Warty Frogfish; digital illustration

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what’s your top ten aquarium fish wish list?

It’s a little hard to whittle it down to just ten: do I go for the top ten that are realistic price-wise and considering the space I’ll likely have? Do I list the top ten dreamy but never-in-a-million-years fish? Fresh? Salt? 

Ah well, here is what I came up with today. In no particular order: 

Rhinogobious zhoui (sometimes called the Scarlet Goby, but the common name is super variable) 

Doryrhamphus excisus (Bluestripe Pipefish) 

Breeding pair of a Parosphromenus species (Liquorice Gourami: I’m not picky I love them all) 

Antennarius maculatus (Painted or Clown Frogfish) 

Scleromystax barbatus (Banded “cory”)

Plectranthias inermis (Geometric Perchlet) 

A group of Demekin, provided space for a large tank or pond. 

Ptereleotris grammica (Lined Dartfish) 

Trimma caudomaculatum (Often misidentified as T. tevegae, the blue-striped cave goby) 

stiphodon rutilaureus (one of my favourite LFS had them and I fell in love) 

And that’s the first ten wish-fish I thought of today. There are tons more, for example a few of the Psudomugil species (blue-eyes), rainbow emperor tetra, and some dream fish that are just tooooo ‘spensive, like Anampses lennardi. 

[ollywooddiveandtravel]

Ein junger Warzen Anglerfisch (Antennarius maculatus) mit seiner typischen Weiß-Orange Färbung am Yellow Coco Riff vor Bangka Island 🐠🇮🇩👌🏼 . @tauchen.magazin . . #frogfish #frogfishphotography #fishporn #fishportrait #macro #macrophotography #makro #makrofotografie #underwatermacro #underwatermacrophotography #underwaterphotography #underwaterworld #underwaterlife #uwmacro #bangka #sulawesi #marinecritters #marinelife #reeflife #oceanlife #sealife #scubalife #scubadiving #nature #animals #animalphotography #amazing #divingphotography #divingphoto #wonderfulindonesia (hier: Bangka Island (North Sulawesi)) https://www.instagram.com/p/CG_PIhJh6EP/?igshid=1myl9umyjpdku

[thexenobiologist]

I’ve done my best to identify all of these; please forgive any mistakes!

1. Warty frogfish (Antennarius maculatus)

2. Leaf scorpionfish (Taenianotus triacanthus)

3. Twospot turkeyfish (Dendrochirus biocellatus)

4. Spotted handfish (Brachionichthys hirsutus)

5. Longlure frogfish (Antennarius multiocellatus)

6. Shaggy frogfish (Antennarius hispidus)

7. Banded pipefish (Dunckerocampus dactyliophorus)

8. Oriental flying gurnard (Dactyloptena orientalis)

9. Web burrfish (Chilomycterus antillarum)

10. Gulf signal blenny (Emblemaria hypacanthus)

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RT @1Proto: クマドリカエルアンコウ/Antennarius maculatus Designed by Tatsumi 24cm折り紙用紙より。不切正方形一枚折り。 From one sheet of square paper Ver.0.9との違いは、少し小顔にした事、背鰭を大きくしてひらひらさせた事、背中が糊無しでも閉まる様になった事です。 #折り紙作品 #ORIGAMI https://t.co/CRWmdioVQZ https://www.youtube.com/c/lifesang

[lifeunderthewaves]

Warty Frogfish, Laha 2 Dive Site, Ambon/ Indonesia by jens-hennigsdorf Warty Froggie (Antennarius maculatus)

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Clown Frog Fish (say whhhaaattt???)

A colorful and multipurpose fishy!

A Clown Frogfish is one weird creature! it hides within the coral of its home and rocks until something tasty swims by!

Sometimes called the Warty Frogfish (ewww), It’s vibrant colors attract prey, which is lunch for them.

“A frogfish’s mouth can expand to 12 times its resting size. This allows it to catch all sorts of prey. Because frogfish lack a swim bladder, they use their modified pectoral fins to walk, or even gallop, across the seafloor!!!!!”

More Facts:

Scientific name:  Amphiprioninae

Taxonomic Classification: Actinopterygii

Nutritional requirement: “Frogfishes mainly eat fishes and crustaceans (shrimps and crabs). They can swallow items of prey that are twice as large as them (see a video). Luring techniques vary depending on the surrounding the frogfish lives in”

Growth and development:  “About 8 to 12 hours prior to spawning, the female begins to fill up with eggs (40'000 to 180'000 eggs). parents leave the eggs, and not many survive.

Behavior: very well camouflaged with the coral around them in the deep sea. They are a Lie-and-wait type of sea creature.

Reproduction:  “ About 8 to 12 hours prior to spawning, the female begins to fill up with eggs (40'000 to 180'000 eggs). The eggs measure around half a millimeter. This proceeds at a rapid rate so that shortly before spawning she is so distended, it is hard for her to maintain her position on the bottom ”

Evolutionary origins: “Fish have a pair of fins behind their head called “pectoral fins”. A good way to remember these fins and where they are located is to think about “pecs” on humans — indeed, pectoral fins of fish are the evolutionary origins of our own shoulders, arms and hands.Most fish use pectoral fins for maneuvering or for propulsion, but in frogfish, pectoral fins are modified into arm-like limbs, which allow these little predators to crawl around and perch themselves among reef rocks, sponges and coral in the Pacific and Indian oceans”

Habitat: sheltered rock verrrryyyyy deep into the sea....66ft deep

sourses used:

https://www.google.com/search?q=clown+fish+taxonomic+classification&oq=clown+fish+taxonomic+classification&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0i22i10i30k1j0i22i30k1l3.62236.64405.0.65518.2.2.0.0.0.0.125.244.0j2.2.0....0...1.1j2.64.psy-ab..0.2.240...0j0i67k1j0i10k1.JFvQYxd88Og

https://www.google.com/search?biw=1366&bih=613&q=what+do+clown+frogfish+eat&oq=what+do+clown+frogfish+&gs_l=psy-ab.1.0.0i22i30k1.11155.18792.0.20560.27.23.4.0.0.0.110.1970.21j2.23.0..2..0...1.1.64.psy-ab..0.27.1986...0j0i131k1j0i67k1j0i10k1j33i22i29i30k1.xECq-OPQIZo

http://www.frogfish.ch/frogfish-reproduction.html

http://www.uwphotographyguide.com/frogfish

https://betterknowafish.com/2013/05/08/warty-frogfish-antennarius-maculatus/

https://www.google.com/search?q=clow+frogfish+habitat&oq=clow+frogfish+habitat&aqs=chrome..69i57j0.5477j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

http://ocean.nationalgeographic.com/ocean/photos/strange-looking-sea-creatures/#/unusual-looking01-clown-frogfish_23805_600x450.jpg

http://www.turtlebaydiveresort.com/blog/bid/70510/Five-Frogfish-Facts

[findngjmo]

What are you looking at? @arajuan & I bumped into this warty/clown frogfish (Antennarius maculatus) while in Siquijor diving w/ @pawikanecodivers #siquijor #frogfish #travel #philippines #itsmorefuninthephilippines #scubadiving #pawikanecoresort #pawikanecodivers (at Maite, Siquijor, Philippines) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0ea46YH437/?igshid=3c6avar6im1t