Butler's frogfish
| Butler's frogfish | ||||||||||||
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| Tathicarpus | ||||||||||||
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| Tathicarpus butleri | ||||||||||||
| Ogilby, 1907 |
Butler's frogfish ( Tathicarpus butleri ) is a representative of the frogfish (Antennariidae) up to ten centimeters long .
features
Butler's frogfish is thickly covered with lobed and branched skin protrusions. The shape is completely blurred with the algae-covered surroundings. The color can be olive, green or brown. The eyes are bright red or green. Its fishing rod (Illicium) is thin, very long and reaches a length of 20% of the length of the fish. The bait (Esca) is leaf-shaped. Butler's frogfish does not have a swim bladder .
distribution
The fish live in the tropical, western Pacific on the coast of northern Australia , on the south coast of eastern New Guinea , in the Arafura Sea and in the Gulf of Carpentaria . They stay at depths of 30 to 130 meters between dense algae stocks.
literature
- Hans A. Baensch , Robert A. Patzner: Mergus Sea Water Atlas Volume 6: Non-Perciformes (non-perch-like). Mergus-Verlag, Melle, ISBN 3-88244-116-X .
