Fowlerichthys senegalensis Senegalese frogfish

Fowlerichthys senegalensis is commonly referred to as Senegalese frogfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. A aquarium size of at least 700 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

6796 

AphiaID:

318081 

Scientific:

Fowlerichthys senegalensis 

German:

Senegal-Anglerfisch 

English:

Senegalese Frogfish 

Category:

Tudsefisk 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Lophiiformes (Order) > Antennariidae (Family) > Fowlerichthys (Genus) > senegalensis (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Cadenat, ), 1959 

Occurrence:

Ghana, West Sahara, Benin, Gambia, Angola, Cameroon, East-Atlantic Ocean, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Liberia, Mauritania, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, the Cape Verde Archipelago, The Gulf of Guinea, the Ivory Coast, Togo 

Sea depth:

10 - 80 Meter 

Size:

up to 11.22" (28.5 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C) 

Food:

Fish (little fishes), Food specialist, Living Food, Schrimps 

Tank:

153.98 gal (~ 700L)  

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:

• 
  Fowlerichthys avalonis
  Anglerfisch
• 
  Fowlerichthys ocellatus
  Ozellen-Anglerfisch
• Fowlerichthys radiosus
• Fowlerichthys scriptissimus
• 
  Fowlerichthys senegalensis
  Senegal-Anglerfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-02-22 08:55:24 

Last edit:

2019-12-22 22:33:09 

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