Antennatus tuberosus Tuberculated frogfish

Antennatus tuberosus is commonly referred to as Tuberculated frogfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 400 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

Profile

lexID:

2540 

AphiaID:

217855 

Scientific:

Antennatus tuberosus 

German:

Anglerfisch 

English:

Tuberculated Frogfish 

Category:

Tudsefisk 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Lophiiformes (Order) > Antennariidae (Family) > Antennatus (Genus) > tuberosus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Cuvier, ), 1817 

Occurrence:

Australia, Comores, Cook Islands, East Africa, French Polynesia, Guam, Hawaii, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Johnston Atoll, Kenya, Kiribati, Madagascar, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Midway Islands, Moluccas, Mozambique, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, South-Africa, Tahiti, Taiwan, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, the Seychelles, Tonga, Tuamoto Islands, Vanuatu 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

0 - 73 Meter 

Habitats:

Coastal waters, Coral reefs, Reef-associated, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 3.54" (9 cm) 

Temperature:

25,0 °F - 29,3 °F (25,0°C - 29,3°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Fish (little fishes), Food specialist, Living Food, Predatory 

Tank:

87.99 gal (~ 400L)  

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Has a poison harmful to health 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Antennatus coccineus
• Antennatus flagellatus
• 
  Antennatus linearis
  Zwerg Anglerfisch, Linien Anglerfisch
• Antennatus sanguineus
• 
  Antennatus strigatus
  Gebänderter Anglerfisch
• 
  Antennatus tuberosus
  Anglerfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2008-07-22 16:44:07 

Last edit:

2024-11-02 19:29:20 

Toxicity

This is a general hint!
Antennatus tuberosus has a harmful toxin.
As a rule, animals with a harmful poison do not pose mortal danger in normal Aquarieaner everyday life. Read the following husbandry information and comments from aquarists who already keep Antennatus tuberosus in their aquarium to get a better picture about the possible danger. However, please be careful when using Antennatus tuberosus. Every human reacts differently to poisons.
If you suspect that you have come into contact with the poison, please contact your doctor or the poison emergency call.
The phone number of the poison emergency call can be found here:
[overview_and_url_DE]
Overview Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

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