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Description

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Common names: frogfish (English), pejerana (Espanol), ranisapo (Espanol), zanahoria (Espanol)

Antennarius coccineus (Lesson, 1831)

Scarlet frogfish

Body globular, somewhat compressed; fishing pole very short, lure a folded sphere with short basal filaments or elongate with slender filaments and a cluster of swollen darkly pigmented swellings at its base; second dorsal spine not joined to head by membrane, rear surface without small spines; 3rd dorsal spine movable, not bound down by skin; a very large, upward directed mouth; limb-like pectoral fins with an "elbow" joint, that fin broadly connected to body; a small round gill opening, below and behind pectoral base; no tail base (dorsal and anal fins connected to tail fin); pelvic fins short; skin of body rough, covered with close-set, double-pointed spicules.

Brown, red-brown, yellow-brown, pale yellowish white; mottled or spotted with darker and/or lighter colors (e.g. white, pink); sometimes a dark spot at rear base of dorsal fin; belly speckled but without large dark spots.

Size: 13 cm.

Habitat: rocky bottoms.

Depth: 1-75 m.

Diet: fishes.

Indo-Pacific; Central Mexico to Panama, Clipperton and Cocos.

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Biology

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Collected from tide pools as well as lagoon and seaward reefs (Ref. 1602); secretive among rocks and sponges (Ref. 48635). Benthic (Ref. 58302). Oviparous. Eggs are bound in ribbon-like sheath or mass of gelatinous mucus called 'egg raft' or 'veil' (Ref. 6773).

Pietsch, T.W. and D.B. Grobecker 1987 Frogfishes of the world. Systematics, zoogeography, and behavioral ecology. Stanford University Press, Stanford, California. 420 p. (Ref. 6773) http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=6773&speccode=11113

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Distribution

Distribution

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Cargados Carajos, Chagos, Comores, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Red Sea, Reunion, Seychelles, South Africa (country), Tanzania

MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds) (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=6266
Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=5909
Randall, J.E. (1992). Red Sea Reef Fishes. Immel Publishing. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=6091
Anon. (2000). FishBase 2000 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines. 4 cd-roms pp. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=6542

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Depth

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Depth Range (m): 1 (S) - 75 (S)

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Zoogeography

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See Map (including site records) of Distribution in the Tropical Eastern Pacific

Global Endemism: All species, TEP non-endemic, Indo-Pacific only (Indian + Pacific Oceans), "Transpacific" (East + Central &/or West Pacific), All Pacific (West + Central + East)

Regional Endemism: All species, Eastern Pacific non-endemic, Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic, Continent + Island (s), Continent, Island (s)

Residency: Resident

Climate Zone: Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos), Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)

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Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to the easternmost islands of the Pacific Plate. Eastern Pacific: in tropical coastal waters.

Pietsch, T.W. and D.B. Grobecker 1987 Frogfishes of the world. Systematics, zoogeography, and behavioral ecology. Stanford University Press, Stanford, California. 420 p. (Ref. 6773) http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=6773&speccode=11113

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Physical Description

Morphology

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Dorsal spines (total): 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12 - 13; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 7

Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen and R.C. Steene 1990 Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 506 p. (Ref. 2334) http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=2334&speccode=13770

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Size

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Length max (cm): 13.0 (S)

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Size

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Maximum size: 130 mm TL

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Max. size

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13.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 4113))

Pietsch, T.W. 1986 Antennariidae. p. 366-369. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 4113) http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=4113&speccode=5402

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Diagnostic Description

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Known to have been collected from tidepools as well as lagoon and seaward reefs (Ref. 1602).

Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=5909

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Color variable, usually yellow, red or pale tan, often with a weakly pigmented dark spot at posterior dorsal fin base. Illicium about equal to the length of the 2nd dorsal spine. Esca a spherical whitish blob or it may be filamentous. Last ray of pelvic fin bifurcate. Caudal peduncle absent.

Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen and R.C. Steene 1990 Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 506 p. (Ref. 2334) http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=2334&speccode=13770

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Type Information

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Type for Antennarius coccineus
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Preparation: Illustration
Year Collected: 1902
Locality: Honolulu, Hawaii, Oahu, Hawaii, United States, Hawaiian Islands, Pacific
Vessel: Albatross

Type: Snyder, J. O. 1904. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission. 22 (for 1902): 537, pl. 13; fig. 23.

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Type for Antennarius drombus Jordan & Evermann
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Preparation: Illustration
Collector(s): D. Jordan & B. Evermann
Year Collected: 1901
Locality: On Reef At Waikiki Near Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, United States, Hawaiian Islands, Pacific

Type: Jordan, D. S. & Evermann, B. W. 1903. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission. 22 (for 1902): 207.

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Ecology

Habitat

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Depth range based on 132 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 88 samples.

Environmental ranges
  Depth range (m): 0.6 - 124
  Temperature range (°C): 19.295 - 29.336
  Nitrate (umol/L): 0.016 - 12.441
  Salinity (PPS): 32.200 - 36.032
  Oxygen (ml/l): 3.497 - 4.835
  Phosphate (umol/l): 0.088 - 0.939
  Silicate (umol/l): 0.506 - 9.273

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Depth range (m): 0.6 - 124

Temperature range (°C): 19.295 - 29.336

Nitrate (umol/L): 0.016 - 12.441

Salinity (PPS): 32.200 - 36.032

Oxygen (ml/l): 3.497 - 4.835

Phosphate (umol/l): 0.088 - 0.939

Silicate (umol/l): 0.506 - 9.273

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Depth: 0 - 75m.
Recorded at 75 meters.

Habitat: reef-associated.

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Habitat

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Salinity: Marine, Marine Only

Inshore/Offshore: Inshore, Inshore Only

Water Column Position: Bottom, Bottom only

Habitat: Reef (rock &/or coral), Reef only, Rocks, Corals, Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)

FishBase Habitat: Reef Associated

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Environment

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reef-associated; marine; depth range 0 - 104 m (Ref. 58302), usually ? - 30 m (Ref. 9269)

Schneider, M. and R.J. Lavenberg 1995 Antennariidae. Ranisapos. p. 854-857. In W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) Guia FAO para Identification de Especies para lo Fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. 3 Vols. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 9269) http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=9269&speccode=3083
Mundy, B.C. 2005 Checklist of the fishes of the Hawaiian Archipelago. Bishop Museum Bulletins in Zoology. Bishop Mus. Bull. Zool. (6):1-704. (Ref. 58302) http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=58302&speccode=46

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Trophic Strategy

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Occurs in inshore waters (Ref. 75154).

Parrish, J.D., J.E. Norris, M.W. Callahan, J.K. Callahan, E.J. Magarifuji and R.E. Schroeder 1986 Piscivory in a coral reef fish community. p. 285-297. In C.A. Simenstad and G.M. Cailliet (eds.) Contemporary studies on fish feeding. Dr. W. Junk Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. (Ref. 2763) http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=2763&speccode=4908

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Feeding

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Feeding Group: Carnivore

Diet: mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs), bony fishes

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Life History and Behavior

Life Cycle

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Oviparous. Eggs are bound in ribbon-like sheath or mass of gelatinous mucus called 'egg raft' or 'veil' (Ref. 6773).

Thresher, R.E. 1984 Reproduction in reef fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Inc. Ltd., Neptune City, New Jersey. 399 p. (Ref. 240) http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=240&speccode=1263

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Reproduction

Reproduction

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Egg Type: Pelagic, Pelagic larva

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Molecular Biology and Genetics

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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Antennarius coccineus

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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 4
Species: 7
Species With Barcodes: 1

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Conservation

Conservation Status

Conservation status

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IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed

CITES: Not listed

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Threats

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Not Evaluated

IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=57073

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Relevance to Humans and Ecosystems

Benefits

Importance

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fisheries: of no interest; aquarium: commercial

Schneider, M. and R.J. Lavenberg 1995 Antennariidae. Ranisapos. p. 854-857. In W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) Guia FAO para Identification de Especies para lo Fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. 3 Vols. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 9269) http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=9269&speccode=3083

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