Frog Fish

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 second dorsal spine. Esca a spherical whitish blob or it may be filamentous. Last ray of pelvic fin bifurcate. Caudal peduncle absent. Collected from tide pools as well as lagoon and seaward reefs ,secretive among rocks and sponges. Benthic. Oviparous. Eggs are bound in ribbon-like sheath or mass of gelatinous mucus called 'egg raft' or 'veil'

Shades of brown to yellow with skin flaps random lines,spots and dusky blotches. Usually solitary several individual may inhabit same float of sargassum seaweed. Sargassum or other algae patches near surface near shore to open ocean.

This species of frogfish is frequently found among algae, sponge, hard and soft coral, on walls as well as on rubble. The adults have their body overgrown by warty like bumps, juveniles, referred to as clown frogfish are smooth, yellow or white with red coloured rim on their dorsal fin and across the centre of their body. Warty frogfish are mostly seen solitary, but can be in small groups during mating. Their colour as adults varies from white, yellow, cream to green.When it still young known as clown frog fish

Found on sandy substrate and rubble. Small species, which is very cryptic. Often hides under rubble, in sponges, among sea weed and in disposed cans and bottles. It is a solitary species, rarely seen in pairs. Colour can be very variable and range from white, yellow to red, brown or black. It can be distinguished from other frogfish species by a series of small white spots on its body and long, claw like pectoral fins.

Found in a wide range of habitats: on sandy bottom, rubble, rocky and coral reefs and also among algal beds or sitting on mooring lines and moorings. The colour also varies greatly and can be anything from white to black. There can sometimes be patches of overgrow on their bodies. Juveniles have a beautiful pattern of black body with orange spots and blue tips of all the fins and tail. Usually stays in the same area for a few days or up to a few weeks.

Found on sandy and muddy substrate of sheltered bays as well as on exposed reefs. This species may have different degree of filamentous appendages overgrowing its body. Its colour can range from white, yellow, and brown to black. They may be mistaken for A. striatus but A. hispidus do not have as profound stripes across the body and the lure like appendage has a pom-pom shape rather than a worm shape.

Found on coral and rocky reefs as well as on sandy, muddy and weedy bottoms. Colour can vary from white to yellow, orange or brown, with prominent darker stripes across the body. It can grow numerous skin flaps, which give this frogfish its common name. Can be confused with similar A. hispidus, but has more profound stripes and worm-like shaped lure. Solitary.

The largest species in the frogfish family. Giant frogfish is mostly found in sheltered bays as well as on rocky and coral reefs. It frequently sits on in large sponges and from there it ambushes it’s pray. It can adopt basically any colour, depending on its surrounding.