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Lophiocharon lithinostomus Marble-mouthed frogfish

Lophiocharon lithinostomus is commonly referred to as Marble-mouthed frogfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. A aquarium size of at least 200 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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lexID:
11609 
AphiaID:
281392 
Scientific:
Lophiocharon lithinostomus 
German:
Marmormaul-Anglerfisch 
English:
Marble-mouthed Frogfish 
Category:
Frogfishes 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Lophiiformes (Order) > Antennariidae (Family) > Lophiocharon (Genus) > lithinostomus (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Jordan & Richardson, ), 1908 
Occurrence:
Borneo (Kalimantan), Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua, Philippines, Raja Amat, Sulu Sea  
Sea depth:
1 - 10 Meter 
Size:
9,1 cm 
Temperature:
78.8 °F - 82.4 °F (26°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Clam meat, Fish (little fishes), Frozen Food (large sort), Living Food, Predatory, Rock shrimps, Schrimps, Shrimps 
Tank:
44 gal (~ 200L)  
Difficulty:
Only for advanced aquarists 
Offspring:
Possible to breed 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2022-10-27 20:13:39 

Captive breeding / propagation

The offspring of Lophiocharon lithinostomus are possible. Unfortunately, the number of offspring is not large enough to cover the demand of the trade. If you are interested in Lophiocharon lithinostomus, please ask your dealer for offspring. If you already own Lophiocharon lithinostomus, try breeding yourself. This will help to improve the availability of offspring in the trade and to conserve natural stocks.

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Synonym: Antennarius lithinostomus Jordan & Richardson, 1908

External links

  1. Erstmals in Gefangenschaft gezüchteter Marmor-Maulwurf-Anglerfisch (en). Abgerufen am 27.10.2022.
  2. FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Homepage divemecressi Flickr (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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