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longlure frogfish (Antennarius multiocellatus)
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longlure frogfish (Antennarius multiocellatus) specimen
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Antennariidae

longlure frogfish

Antennarius multiocellatus

Gelatinous egg rafts among Caribbean reefs

  • Tropical
  • Offshore
  • Southern Hemisphere
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Central America and the Caribbean
  • North America
  • South America
  • Deep-bodied
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

longlure frogfish is known from Western Atlantic as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.

Maximum length
20 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
deep_bodied
Distribution
Western Atlantic: Bermuda, Florida Keys (USA), Gulf of Mexico, Bahamas; Greater Antilles (including Cuba, Hispanola, Puerto Rico, Jamaica and Cayman Is.), Virgin Is.; Lesser Antilles (island chain south of the British Virgin Islands to Grenada); western Caribbean (ne tip of the Yucatan Peninsula to Colombia, including offshore islands; northern South America (region north of Amazon River including Trinidad and Tobago and off coasts of Colombia, Venezuela. Eastern Atlantic: Ascension Island.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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