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All Frogfish Species
Alle Anglerfisch-Arten

Frogfish (Ambon) Anglerfisch
Frogfish (Lembeh) Anglerfisch
Frogfish (Sydney) Anglerfisch

Allenichthys glauerti

Antennarius analis
Antennarius avalonis
Antennarius bermudensis
Antennarius biocellatus
Antennarius coccineus
Antennarius commerson
Antennarius dorehensis
Antennarius duescus
Antennarius hispidus
Antennarius indicus
Antennarius maculatus
Antennarius multiocellatus
Antennarius nummifer
Antennarius ocellatus
Antennarius pardalis
Antennarius pauciradiatus
Antennarius pictus
Antennarius radiosus
Antennarius randalli
Antennarius rosaceus
Antennarius sanguineus
Antennarius sarasa
Antennarius scriptissimus
Antennarius senegalensis
Antennarius striatus

Antennatus flagellatus
Antennatus linearis
Antennatus strigatus
Antennatus tuberosus

Echinophryne crassispina
Echinophryne mitchelli
Echinophryne reynoldsi

Histiophryne bougainvilli
Histiophryne cryptacanthus
Histiophryne psychedelica
Histiophryne sp

Histrio histrio

Kuiterichthys furcipilis

Lophiocharon hutchinsi
Lophiocharon lithinostomus
Lophiocharon trisignatus

Nudiantennarius subteres

Phyllophryne scortea

Rhycherus filamentosus
Rhycherus gloveri

Tathicarpus butleri

Ten Species - Zehn Arten

Colors - Farben

Zoogeography - Zoogeographie

Taxonomy - Systematik

This small frogfish is known only from the area around Sydney (New South Wales) and is a species of frogfishes which has not been described yet. If it belongs to the genus Antennarius is also not clear yet.

Copyright Doug Anderson (Flickr), Bare Island, Australia

Two color variations (?) with grey on the left und redish on the right
Zwei Farbenvarianten (?) mit grau links und rötlich rechts
Copyright Tomas Mitchell

I think the name "Red footed frogfish" would be appropriate because this is the only frogfish with a red edge around its foot
Ich denke, der Name "Rotfuss-Anglerfisch" wäre passend, denn dies ist der einzige Anglerfisch mit einem rot-umrandeten Fuss

Copyright Tomas Mitchell	Interested view from the top, the back looks like the face of a fish Interessante Sicht von oben, der Rücken sieht aus wie der Kopf eines Fisches	White color variation - Weisse Farbvariante Copyright Dr. Torsten Thomas
	Detail of the lure - Detail des Köders Copyright Tomas Mitchell
Red color variation (?) Rote Farbvariante Copyright Tomas Mitchell	Red color variation (?) Rote Farbvariante Copyright Tomas Mitchell	Red-white color variation (?) Rot-weisse Farbvariante Copyright Tomas Mitchell
Red-white color variation (?) Rot-weisse Farbvariante Copyright Tomas Mitchell	Red-white color variation (?) Rot-weisse Farbvariante Copyright Tomas Mitchell	Red-white color variation (?) Rot-weisse Farbvariante Copyright Tomas Mitchell
Close up of the fins - Details der Flossen Copyright Tomas Mitchell	Close up of lure - Details des Köders Copyright Tomas Mitchell	Red foot - Roter Fuss

Characteristics - Antennarius (?) sp. - Merkmale

Illicium and Esca:
Illicium (rod) is as long as second dorsal spine. The esca (lure, bait) is large and oval shaped.
Additional Characteristics:
The second dorsal fin is thick and bushy. The fins have a red-orange margin. This anglerfish has a bumpy skin with some small dark spots.
More Information:
First mentioned as a possible undescribed frogfish species on the website of the Australian Museum.
Can be confused with:
I think this frogfish can not be confused with other species living in the same area.

Size - Antennarius (?) sp. - Grösse

7.5cm

Colors - Antennarius (?) sp. - Farben

Habitat - Antennarius (?) sp. - Lebensraum

On sponges. 6-14m

 

Range - Antennarius (?) sp. - Verbreitung

New South Wales, southern Australia (Botany Bay, Sydney Harbour, Bare Island).

New South Wales, Süd-Australien (Botany Bay, Hafen von Sydney, Bare Insel).

Photos - Antennarius (?) sp. - Fotos

Copyright Dr. Torsten Thomas, Bare Island, La Perouse, Sydney, Australia

Copyright Tomas Mitchell

Baby Anglerfish sitting very high on a brightly colored sponge, fishing. The juvenile moves around a lot, changes his positions all the time whereas adults tend to sit on the same spots for longer periods of time.
Baby Anglerfisch auf einem farbigen Schwamm. Die Jungtiere bewegen sich viel und wechseln ihre Standorte während die erwachsenen Tiere länger an einem Ort bleiben
Copyright Tomas Mitchell

This angler also moves the knob-like protrusion it has in its mouth a lot, it is like a small rod with bait at the end and it makes quivering movements with it (observation by Galina Della Ross). See also this text with photos.

Dieser Angler scheint auch sehr oft den kleinen Hautfetzen, den er im Mund hat zuckend zu bewegen, fast wie ein Köder (Beobachtungen von Galina Della Ross). Siehe auch dieser Text mit Fotos.