Antennarius hispidus Hispid frogfish or Shaggy frogfish

Antennarius hispidusis commonly referred to as Hispid frogfish or Shaggy frogfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. A aquarium size of at least 500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

1963 

AphiaID:

217845 

Scientific:

Antennarius hispidus 

German:

Zottiger Anglerfisch 

English:

Hispid Frogfish Or Shaggy Frogfish 

Category:

Frogfishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Lophiiformes (Order) > Antennariidae (Family) > Antennarius (Genus) > hispidus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Bloch & Schneider, ), 1801 

Occurrence:

Australia, China, Corea, East Africa, Fiji, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mozambique, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Réunion , South-Africa, Taiwan, Tasmania (Australia), Thailand, the Seychelles, Tonga, Western Pacific Ocean 

Sea depth:

0 - 90 Meter 

Size:

up to 7.87" (20 cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Fish (little fishes), Food specialist 

Tank:

109.99 gal (~ 500L)  

Difficulty:

Only for advanced aquarists 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Antennarius biocellatus
  Zweifleck-Anglerfisch
• 
  Antennarius commerson
  Commersons Anglerfisch
• 
  Antennarius hispidus
  Zottiger Anglerfisch
• 
  Antennarius indicus
  Indischer Anglerfisch
• 
  Antennarius maculatus
  Warzen-Anglerfisch
• 
  Antennarius multiocellatus
  Augenfleck-Anglerfisch
• 
  Antennarius pardalis
  Leoparden-Anglerfisch
• 
  Antennarius pauciradiatus
  Anglerfisch
• 
  Antennarius pictus
  Rundflecken-Anglerfisch
• 
  Antennarius randalli
  Randalls Anglerfisch
• 
  Antennarius striatus
  Streifen-Anglerfisch
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Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2006-07-02 11:51:14 

Last edit:

2007-10-17 17:46:37 

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