rt67ghy
Member
I got this frogfish and was wondering about the species. It's almost 4" in length. Any help will be appreciated.
http://imgur.com/VWCk2Aa
http://imgur.com/VWCk2Aa
frogfish id please
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fishfreak2009
Swimming in the School
Definitely a frogfish of some type, perhaps Antennarius coccineus, or Antennarius indicus? If you know where it was collected, this might help a bit: http://www.frogfish.ch/species-arten/all-frogfish-species.html
rt67ghy
Member
Thanks for the response. I'm sorry, I should have uploaded a better picture. Here's another pic showing the whole body:
http://imgur.com/PrfFUnI
a pic showing its lure:
http://imgur.com/6Bh3lyM
a pic showing its 'feet'
http://imgur.com/7y9GtCU
I looked up inimicus. they are described as having 'brilliantly coloured dorsal and pectoral fins'. This fish has the same colour over its whole body so, it doesn't look like an inimicus.
I've put it in the fuge and fed it a chromis. When it's a bit bigger I'm planning to put it in the DT with larger tankmates: a 6" volitans lionfish, a 20" snowflake moray eel and a chocolatechip starfish. My only concern is it may try to eat the eel thinking it to be a smaller fish. Let me know what you guys think.
On another note, there's a small pink growth under the lower lip. Anyone know what this is?
http://imgur.com/XpogwQC
http://imgur.com/PrfFUnI
a pic showing its lure:
http://imgur.com/6Bh3lyM
a pic showing its 'feet'
http://imgur.com/7y9GtCU
I looked up inimicus. they are described as having 'brilliantly coloured dorsal and pectoral fins'. This fish has the same colour over its whole body so, it doesn't look like an inimicus.
I've put it in the fuge and fed it a chromis. When it's a bit bigger I'm planning to put it in the DT with larger tankmates: a 6" volitans lionfish, a 20" snowflake moray eel and a chocolatechip starfish. My only concern is it may try to eat the eel thinking it to be a smaller fish. Let me know what you guys think.
On another note, there's a small pink growth under the lower lip. Anyone know what this is?
http://imgur.com/XpogwQC
fishfreak2009
Swimming in the School
Do you know where it was collected? It could be a juvenile A. commersoni. They look almost identical.
Bongo Shrimp
P. ceratophthalma
It's definitely not a juvenile commersoni as they really look nothing alike. The lure is wrong, the color pattern is wrong, the body shape is wrong, and the tail is wrong.
It's almost definitely Lophiocharon trisignatus based on matching the above mentioned traits. The tail, lure, and pattern are the give-aways for this species.
http://www.frogfish.ch/species-arten/Lophiocharon-trisignatus.html
The pink growth is probably from rubbing on a bag or the glass and should heal up if the fish is healthy and the water is clean. I have had numerous frogfish with the same thing in the same spot and it's always gone away by itself.
fishfreak2009
Swimming in the School
Nice ID! I completely missed that one.
rt67ghy
Member
Thanks for the response. My LFS told me it was shipped to them as a Antennarius commerson but obviously frogfish species are hard to id. I looked at the link you provided and it does look like a Lophiocharon-trisignatus comparing with the pictures. It makes a huge difference. A commerson grows up to 15" whereas Lophiocharon-trisignatus grows up to only 6".
About the pink growth - it's a relief to know it's not a serious problem.
