I have been seeing a few of these frogfish now so it's obviosuly not just a one off with strange white line down its face. Has anyone else seen or photographed these? Do you know species it is?
Frogfish species
Started by Graham Abbott, Jun 16 2007 05:03 AM
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Posted 16 June 2007 - 05:03 AM
I have been seeing a few of these frogfish now so it's obviosuly not just a one off with strange white line down its face. Has anyone else seen or photographed these? Do you know species it is?
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Posted 16 June 2007 - 07:35 AM
Interesting, Graham.
It is quite common for Juvenile groupers and soapfish to have a white line like this. Maybe it is a juvenile marking? Just a guess.
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It is quite common for Juvenile groupers and soapfish to have a white line like this. Maybe it is a juvenile marking? Just a guess.
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Posted 18 June 2007 - 08:53 AM
Alex, I know there are some groupers and it could very well be that they are juveniles, though both of these were between 3-5cm, not all that small really for froggies?
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Posted 19 June 2007 - 12:07 AM
Fascinating. Hope you figure this out. I'd really like to know what this signifies. I've seen many small frogfish (presumably juveniles), but never noticed anything like this.
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Posted 19 June 2007 - 12:20 AM
These guys are really hard (if not impossible) to tell apart without looking at the specimen. Their colors vary a lot and there are quite a bit of new species...
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Posted 19 June 2007 - 08:12 AM
The second pic looks very similar to the picture on this page. So, they might be Antennarius randallien
http://www.edge-of-r...srandallien.htm
http://www.edge-of-r...srandallien.htm
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Posted 20 June 2007 - 06:46 AM
I originally thought it was A. randalli though when I saw others with this white line down the face I thought again. If anyone finds out anything about these plase send me me a PM.
