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Antennarius multiocellatus (Valenciennes, 1837)

Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 11 - 12; Anal soft rays: 6 - 7. Illicium about twice as long as second dorsal spine (Ref. 26938).

Common Names

  • Flagpole frogfish , English , Bahamas
  • Longlure frogfish , English , Bahamas
  • Longlure frogfish , English , Barbados
  • Longlure Frogfish , English , Cuba
  • Longlure frogfish , English , Puerto Rico
  • Longlure frogfish , English , USA
  • 多斑躄魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 多斑躄鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Zumbifes , Papiamentu , Neth Antilles
  • Aniquim , Portuguese (Brazilianism) , Brazil
  • Peixe-sapo , Portuguese (Latin) , Brazil
  • Pescador caña larga , Spanish , Cuba
  • Pescador tenebroso , Spanish , Cuba
  • Pez pescador , Spanish , Venezuela
  • Ranisapo ceboso , Spanish , Mexico

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Lophiiformes

    Family: Antennariidae

    Genus: Antennarius

    Species: Antennarius multiocellatus (Valenciennes, 1837)

    Climate Zone

  • Subtropical

    • Location

  • Western Atlantic: Bermuda, Florida Keys (USA), Gulf of Mexico, Bahamas; Greater Antilles (including Cuba, Hispanola, Puerto Rico, Jamaica and Cayman Is.), Virgin Is.; Lesser Antilles (island chain south of the British Virgin Islands to Grenada); western Caribbean (ne tip of the Yucatan Peninsula to Colombia, including offshore islands; northern South America (region north of Amazon River including Trinidad and Tobago and off coasts of Colombia, Venezuela. Eastern Atlantic: Ascension Island.

    • Biology

    Inhabit shallow reefs (Ref. 9710). Commonly found in areas with sponges; background hue of the fish conforms to that of the dominant sponge in the areas and the ocelli look like openings in the sponge. Feed mainly on fishes, but also eat crustaceans (Ref. 13442). A voracious predator, with many color phases used for camouflage. Oviparous (Ref. 205). Eggs are bound in ribbon-like sheath or mass of gelatinous mucus called 'egg raft' or 'veil' (Ref. 6773). Most common frogfish in the West Indies (Ref. 26938).

    Habitat

    associated