Antennarius pauciradiatus Dwarf frogfish

Antennarius pauciradiatus is commonly referred to as Dwarf frogfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Average. A aquarium size of at least 300 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

2539 

AphiaID:

272541 

Scientific:

Antennarius pauciradiatus 

German:

Anglerfisch 

English:

Dwarf Frogfish 

Category:

Frogfishes 

Family tree:

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

Initial determination:

Schultz, 1957 

Occurrence:

Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Bermuda, Columbia, Cuba, Florida, Honduras, Puerto Rico, The Bahamas, USA, West-Atlantic Ocean 

Sea depth:

6 - 73 Meter 

Size:

up to 2.36" (6 cm) 

Temperature:

75.2 °F - 80.6 °F (24°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Fish (little fishes), Food specialist, Living Food 

Tank:

65.99 gal (~ 300L)  

Difficulty:

Average 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

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:

2008-07-22 16:29:02 

Last edit:

2021-02-20 18:37:33 

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