Antennarius multiocellatus Flagpole Frogfish, Longlure Frogfish

Antennarius multiocellatus is commonly referred to as Flagpole Frogfish, Longlure Frogfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. A aquarium size of at least 500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

12 

AphiaID:

272539 

Scientific:

Antennarius multiocellatus 

German:

Augenfleck-Anglerfisch 

English:

Flagpole Frogfish, Longlure Frogfish 

Category:

Frogfishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Lophiiformes (Order) > Antennariidae (Family) > Antennarius (Genus) > multiocellatus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Valenciennes, ), 1837 

Occurrence:

Suriname, Barbados, Guadeloupe, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Ascencion, St. Helena & Tristan da Cunha, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Florida, French Guiana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Indo Pacific, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico (East Pacific), Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin / Sint Maarten, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, the Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, U.S. 

Sea depth:

0 - 66 Meter 

Size:

up to 7.87" (20 cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Fish (little fishes) 

Tank:

109.99 gal (~ 500L)  

Difficulty:

Only for advanced aquarists 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Antennarius biocellatus
  Zweifleck-Anglerfisch
• 
  Antennarius commerson
  Commersons Anglerfisch
• 
  Antennarius hispidus
  Zottiger Anglerfisch
• 
  Antennarius indicus
  Indischer Anglerfisch
• 
  Antennarius maculatus
  Warzen-Anglerfisch
• 
  Antennarius multiocellatus
  Augenfleck-Anglerfisch
• 
  Antennarius pardalis
  Leoparden-Anglerfisch
• 
  Antennarius pauciradiatus
  Anglerfisch
• 
  Antennarius pictus
  Rundflecken-Anglerfisch
• 
  Antennarius randalli
  Randalls Anglerfisch
• 
  Antennarius striatus
  Streifen-Anglerfisch
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Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2004-08-09 00:57:19 

Last edit:

2021-10-23 14:18:53 

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