Species: Antennarius coccineus, Scarlet frogfish
2nd D spine not joined to head by membrane
Antennarius coccineus (Lesson, 1831)
Scarlet frogfish
Body globular, somewhat compressed; fishing pole very short, lure a folded sphere with short basal filaments or elongate with slender filaments and a cluster of swollen darkly pigmented swellings at its base; second dorsal spine not joined to head by membrane, rear surface without small spines; 3rd dorsal spine movable, not bound down by skin; a very large, upward directed mouth; limb-like pectoral fins with an "elbow" joint, that fin broadly connected to body; a small round gill opening, below and behind pectoral base; no tail base (dorsal and anal fins connected to tail fin); pelvic fins short; skin of body rough, covered with close-set, double-pointed spicules.
Brown, red-brown, yellow-brown, pale yellowish white to white; mottled or spotted with darker and/or lighter colors (e.g. white, pink); sometimes a dark spot at rear base of dorsal fin; belly speckled but without large dark spots.
Size: 13 cm.
Habitat: rocky bottoms.
Depth: 1-75 m.
Diet: fishes.
Indo-Pacific; Baja o Panama, Clipperton, Cocos and the Galapagos.
Note: Recently move to the genus Antennatus.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Bottom only
- Habitat
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- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef only
- Rocks
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Corals
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Data
- Carnivore
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Data
- Bony fishes
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic
- Pelagic larva
- No data
- Global Endemism
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- TEP non-endemic
- All species
- Indo-Pacific only (Indian + Pacific Oceans)
- All Pacific (West + Central + East)
- "Transpacific" (East + Central &/or West Pacific)
- Regional Endemism
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- Island (s)
- All species
- Continent
- Continent + Island (s)
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic
- Eastern Pacific non-endemic
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
- IUCN Red List
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- Not evaluated / Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 13
- Depth Range Min
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- 1
- Depth Range Max
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- 75
