Fowlerichthys ocellatus Ocellated frogfish

Fowlerichthys ocellatusis commonly referred to as Ocellated frogfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. A aquarium size of at least 3000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

10354 

AphiaID:

712507 

Scientific:

Fowlerichthys ocellatus 

German:

Ozellen-Anglerfisch 

English:

Ocellated Frogfish 

Category:

Frogfishes 

Family tree:

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

Initial determination:

(Bloch & Schneider, ), 1801 

Occurrence:

Aruba, Belize, Canada , Columbia, Cuba, Curacao, Guatemala, Gulf of Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, The Bahamas, the Netherlands Antilles, USA, Venezuela 

Sea depth:

1 - 500 Meter 

Size:

up to 14.96" (38 cm) 

Temperature:

11,8 °F - 25,9 °F (11,8°C - 25,9°C) 

Food:

Fish (little fishes), Mysis, Rock shrimps, Schrimps, Shrimps 

Tank:

659.94 gal (~ 3000L)  

Difficulty:

Only for advanced aquarists 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

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:

2017-01-21 14:34:30 

Last edit:

2017-01-22 14:49:15 

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