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    Wildlife

    General description

    These antennals have a huge body, devoid of scales which seems mishappen because covered in warts. They can grow to 40 cm.

    The dorsal fins are spiny. The first is composed of three spines the first of which is located just above the mouth, in between the eyes. It supports a shred of skin which it can transform into a fishing line. The pectoral, and pelvic fins are stalked and resemble paws.

    On the other side, the caudale fin is small.

    The gill openings, of small size, are located at the base of the pectoral fins. The mouth is very big, with a prominent lower jaw. It is placed sideways and opens largely on the top to inhale pray. The teeth are villiform.

    The eyes are placed on the very top of the head and close to one another.

    The colouration, browny yellow, is variable according to the habitat, mimic obligations. The senegalensis species is recognizable due to a large black marking haloed with light located on the base of the rear dorsal fin. 

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    Green Frogfish in Menjangan Marine Park, Bali thumbnail
    Green Frogfish on Hard Coral in Tulamben, Bali thumbnail
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    Yellow Bicolore Frogfish in Pemuteran, Bali thumbnail
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    Yellow Frogfish mouth open on Hard Coral in Amed, Bali thumbnail
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    Flora

    Life and Habitat

    The Antennariidae are benthic fish that prefer sheltered zones, rocks, and wrecks. They stay completely still on the bottom. When they are disturbed, they move by walking on the bottom thanks to pectoral fins. They can also move forward by inhaling water that they expulse with their gill openings.  Piscivorous species (fish eaters), frog fish “fish” their pray by waggling their fishing line. The pray is inhaled in a fraction of a second is the wide opened mouth of the animal. This is why they are also called Anglerfish. The females lay their eggs which stick together in a big gelatin like lump.

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    Hidden red Frogfish in the red Coral in Tulamben, Bali thumbnail
    Hidden red Frogfish in the red Coral thumbnail

    Depth

    Shallow dive mostly but can be found at up to 25 meters deep. There is no reason to go deeper!

    meters

    Kind of Diving

    Underneath the Frogfishes!

    Macro exploration dive mostly as it is important to spend time looking between the corals.

    Notes

    Accessible to all levels as long as the divers have good buoyancy to not ruin the pictures of other divers.

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