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Ocellated frogfish (Fowlerichthys ocellatus)
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Ocellated frogfish (Fowlerichthys ocellatus) specimen
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Antennariidae

Ocellated frogfish

Fowlerichthys ocellatus

Thirty Eight Centimeters Catfish of Mexican Waters

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

Ocellated frogfish is known around Western Atlantic as a marine fish; It occurs in reef habitat, and records give a maximum length of 38 cm.

Maximum length
38 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
deep_bodied
Distribution
Western Atlantic: North Carolina, USA to Venezuela, including eastern portion of the Gulf of Mexico and continental coastal regions of the Caribbean Sea, with a single record from the Bahamas. Northwest Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951 ).
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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