Antennatus coccineus Scarlet frogfish

Antennatus coccineusis commonly referred to as Scarlet frogfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not for beginners. A aquarium size of at least 250 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

5250 

AphiaID:

712501 

Scientific:

Antennatus coccineus 

German:

Sommersprossen-Anglerfisch 

English:

Scarlet Frogfish 

Category:

Frogfishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Lophiiformes (Order) > Antennariidae (Family) > Antennatus (Genus) > coccineus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Lesson, ), 1831 

Occurrence:

Sudan, American Samoa, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Chile, China, Christmas Islands, Comores, Costa Rica, Desventuradas Islands, East Africa, Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Eastern Pacific Ocean, Egypt, Fiji, French Polynesia, Galapagos Islands, Guam, Gulf of Oman / Oman, Hawaii, India, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Johnston Atoll, Kiribati, Lord Howe Island, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marquesas Islands, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Midway Islands, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Red Sea, Réunion , Samoa, Solomon Islands, South-Africa, Tahiti, Taiwan, Tasmania (Australia), Thailand, the Caribbean, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, the Seychelles, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam, West-Atlantic Ocean 

Sea depth:

1 - 75 Meter 

Size:

3.94" - 5.12" (10cm - 13cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Fish (little fishes) 

Tank:

54.99 gal (~ 250L)  

Difficulty:

Not for beginners 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Antennatus analis
  Schwanzatemloch-Anglerfisch
• 
  Antennatus bermudensis
  Bermuda-Anglerfisch
• 
  Antennatus coccineus
  Sommersprossen-Anglerfisch
• 
  Antennatus dorehensis
  Neuguinea-Anglerfisch
• 
  Antennatus duescus
  Seitenatemloch-Anglerfisch
• Antennatus flagellatus
• 
  Antennatus linearis
  Zwerg Anglerfisch, Linien Anglerfisch
• 
  Antennatus nummifer
  Rückenfleck Anglerfisch
• 
  Antennatus rosaceus
  Rose-Anglerfisch
• 
  Antennatus sanguineus
  Blutroter Anglerfisch
• 
  Antennatus strigatus
  Gebänderter Anglerfisch
• 
  Antennatus tuberosus
  Anglerfisch
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-04-12 18:19:42 

Last edit:

2019-12-22 22:44:17 

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