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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 ]
A frogfish disguised as an algae-covered stone. The unusual appearance of the frogfish functions to conceal it from predators and sometimes to mimic a potential meal to lure it in. In the study of animal behavior, this is known as aggressive mimicry. Their unusual shape, colour, and skin textures disguise frogfish.
Frogfish traps its prey by suddenly opening its jaws and sucking the prey in. Ambush predators often have adaptations for seizing their prey rapidly and securely. The capturing movement has to be rapid to trap the prey, given that the attack is not modifiable once launched.
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).
Abantennarius dorehensis is an ambush predators, remaining very still, camouflaged to the environment and waving the esca in front of the mouth to lure prey within range of the large mouth. The New Guinean frogfish has separate sexes and external fertilisation. The females lay the eggs within a floating gelatinous mass or raft.
The longlure frogfish is an ambush predator, it feeds mainly on fishes, but also on crabs and mantis shrimp. The name "longlure" is refers to the elongated illicium which acts as a fishing lure. The illicium is the first spine of the dorsal fin, highly modified into a long rod with a lure ( esca ) at the end.
Frogfish and other shallow-water anglerfish species are ambush predators, and often appear camouflaged as rocks, sponges or seaweed. [ 17 ] Anglerfish have a flap, or the illicium, towards the distal end of their body on their first of two dorsal fins which extends to the snout and acts as a luring mechanism where prey will approach in a face ...
Abantennarius bermudensis is an ambush predator which crawls slowly along the substrate in rocky and coral reefs. The illicium and esca are used to lure smaller fishes to within striking range of the mouth. The females are though to lay more than 10,000 eggs. The biology and ecology of the island frogfish are poorly known. [1]