Striped frogfish
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Striped frogfish ( Antennarius striatus ) |
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The striped frogfish ( Antennarius striatus ) lives in the Indo-Pacific , from the Red Sea to Japan , New Zealand and the Society Islands and from South Africa to Hawaii , at depths of 10 to 200 meters in rocky and coral reefs .
Appearance
The animals have a different appearance depending on their habitat. They can have a yellow, brown or red base color and show numerous dark stripes and spots. In addition, numerous skin protrusions serve as camouflage, whereby the fish that live in algae stocks have longer periods than animals from other biotopes. Striped frogfish grow to be 22 centimeters long.
Reproduction
Striped frogfish spawn at night. The eggs form a rolled-up 1.3 millimeter thick band that consists of two layers of eggs and, once swollen, can be 7 to 11 centimeters wide and 40 to 80 centimeters long. It contains 70,000 to 300,000 eggs. After two days, the eggs detach from the ligament, the larvae hatch and swim free after eight days when the yolk sac has been used up.
literature
- Hans A. Baensch , Robert A. Patzner: Mergus sea water atlas. Volume 6, Mergus-Verlag, Melle, ISBN 3-88244-116-X .
