Antennarius multiocellatus, Longlure frogfish : fisheries, aquarium

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Antennarius multiocellatus (Valenciennes, 1837)

Longlure frogfish
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Lophiiformes (Anglerfishes) > Antennariidae (Frogfishes)
Etymology: Antennarius: From Latin, antenna, antemna = sensory organ (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Valenciennes.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 0 - 66 m (Ref. 9710). Subtropical; 19°N - 1°S, 89°W - 48°W (Ref. 55171)

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri

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.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 20.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 7251)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal soft rays (total): 11-12; Anal soft rays: 6 - 7. Illicium about twice as long as second dorsal spine (Ref. 26938).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Inhabit shallow reefs (Ref. 9710). Commonly found in areas with sponges; background hue of the fish conforms to that of the dominant sponge in the areas and the ocelli look like openings in the sponge. Feed mainly on fishes, but also eat crustaceans (Ref. 13442). A voracious predator, with many color phases used for camouflage. Oviparous (Ref. 205). Eggs are bound in ribbon-like sheath or mass of gelatinous mucus called 'egg raft' or 'veil' (Ref. 6773). Most common frogfish in the West Indies (Ref. 26938).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Oviparous.

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Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 29 January 2013

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: subsistence fisheries; aquarium: commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 27.1 - 28.3, mean 27.8 °C (based on 78 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5005   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01995 (0.00906 - 0.04395), b=3.01 (2.83 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  4.3   ±0.7 se; based on diet studies.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Fec assumed to be > 10,000).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Unknown.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 33.2 [14.6, 80.1] mg/100g; Iron = 0.619 [0.309, 1.196] mg/100g; Protein = 19.5 [17.0, 22.7] %; Omega3 = 0.182 [0.066, 0.484] g/100g; Selenium = 12.3 [4.9, 32.9] μg/100g; VitaminA = 114 [27, 508] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.686 [0.399, 1.116] mg/100g (wet weight);