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Antennarius maculatus

(Desjardins, 1840)


Alan Lo Antennarius maculatus - clown frogfish @ anilao, philippines

エイミー エイミー nice shot !

Message posted on Scubashooters.net on 19 Nov 2013
Volodymyr Matviyishyn Warty Frogfish (Antennarius maculatus) Canon 5DMIII, EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM Nauticam housing, 2x Sea&Sea YS-D1 ISO 100, f/20, 1/200

Ron Silver Volodymyr, based on the 'warts' on the body, could this be a Warty Frogfish, Antennarius maculatus?

Volodymyr Matviyishyn Yes, you are right. Thanks, Ron Silver :)

Ron Silver Thanx for posting. :-D

Message posted on Scubashooters.net on 30 Sep 2013
Ilan Lubitz Clown frogfish (Antennarius maculatus) Anilao Mainit hot .springs. Nikon D3X. 60mm . 2x SB-105.

Yutaka Takizawa Very nice shot.....(^。^) Cute.....

Carcharodon Carcharias Totally awesome!!!!

Message posted on Scubashooters.net on 01 Sep 2013
Volodymyr Matviyishyn Warty Frogfish (Antennarius maculatus) Canon 5DMIII, EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM Nauticam housing, 2x Sea&Sea YS-D1 ISO 100, f/20, 1/200

Ron Silver Warty?

Volodymyr Matviyishyn Yes. You are right. Thanks, Ron Silver :)

Message posted on UWphotographers on 30 Sep 2013
Ilan Lubitz Clown frogfish (Antennarius maculatus) Anilao Mainit hot .springs. Nikon D3X. 60mm . 2x SB-105.

Yutaka Takizawa Very Nice shot.....(^。^) Cute....

Jennifer Yoon sry, just an opinion k, looks like some sort of porcelain that had been thrown into the sea centuries ago :P

Jay Ku WOW!! very cut!!

Heike Prell Ein Prachtexemplar,schönes Foto.

Ilse Merz very nice Ilan!

Amnon Tamir Bellissimo .....

Message posted on UWphotographers on 01 Sep 2013
Volodymyr Matviyishyn Small Juvenile Warty Frogfish (Antennarius maculatus) Canon 5DMIII, EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM Nauticam housing, 2x Sea&Sea YS-D1 ISO 100, f/20, 1/200

John Paul Connor Superbe !!

Scubashooters Dot Net Great shot!!!!

Scubashooters Dot Net Greatnot enough... Awesome! :)

Volodymyr Matviyishyn Thanks, Scubashooters Dot Net :)

Message posted on Scubashooters.net on 26 Jan 2013
Ilan Lubitz Clown frogfish (Antennarius maculatus) Anilao Mainit hot .springs. Nikon D3X. 60mm . 2x SB-105.

Yutaka Takizawa Very nice shot....(^。^) Cute.....

Message posted on UW photo - Fotosub on 01 Sep 2013
Volodymyr Matviyishyn Warty Frogfish (Antennarius maculatus) Canon 5DMIII, EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM Nauticam housing, 2x Sea&Sea YS-D1 ISO 100, f/20, 1/200

Message posted on Wetpixel Underwater Photography on 30 Sep 2013
Ilan Lubitz Clown frogfish (Antennarius maculatus) Anilao Mainit hot .springs. Nikon D3X. 60mm . 2x SB-105.

Message posted on Wetpixel Underwater Photography on 01 Sep 2013
Volodymyr Matviyishyn Small Juvenile Warty Frogfish (Antennarius maculatus) Canon 5DMIII, EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM Nauticam housing, 2x Sea&Sea YS-D1 ISO 100, f/20, 1/200

Message posted on Wetpixel Underwater Photography on 26 Jan 2013
Volodymyr Matviyishyn Small Juvenile Warty Frogfish (Antennarius maculatus) Canon 5DMIII, EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM Nauticam housing, 2x Sea&Sea YS-D1 ISO 100, f/20, 1/200

Message posted on UWphotographers on 26 Jan 2013
Ilan Lubitz Warty Frogfish (Antennarius maculatus) Anilao. Philippines. Nikon D3X. 60mm. SB-105.

Galina Maslova Nice shot

Galina Maslova Amazing!!!

Marie-therese Bertin très beau !!!

Hamdi Kassem nice shot

Ilan Lubitz Tnx Galina =D

Ilan Lubitz Tnx Marie =D

Message posted on The Global Diving Community on 15 Nov 2013
Volodymyr Matviyishyn Warty Frogfish (Antennarius maculatus) Canon 5DMIII, EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM Nauticam housing, 2x Sea&Sea YS-D1 ISO 100, f/20, 1/200

Ron Silver Volodymyr, based on the 'warts' on the body, could this be a Warty Frogfish, Antennarius maculatus?

Volodymyr Matviyishyn Yes, you are right. Thanks, Ron Silver :)

Ron Silver Thanx for posting. :-D

Message posted on Scubashooters.net on 30 Sep 2013
Blake Auge We keep finding the yunguns, where are the parents?

Kati Burg Looks like a juvenile Warty Frogfish (Antennarius maculatus): http://www.frogfish.ch/species-arten/Antennarius-maculatus.html

Blake Auge warty or painted?

Kati Burg warty

Carl-Johan Nilsson Typical maculatus juve. So many of those in Anilao now, where is this from?

Blake Auge Samal Island, Mindanao, Philippines

Carl-Johan Nilsson Davao has become a really good macro location together with health coral reefs. Too bad many goverments deter people from travelling there since it's super safe nowadays.

Alex Barth Small Clown Frogfish (ca.2cm) / Bali 2013 - Tulamben Canon G10 1x INON D-2000 , 1x INON Z-240 Subsee +10 f8 1/160 ISO 80

Charlie Kwon Great!

Juergen Kirchmann awesome

Suzan Causey Spectacular!

Bernard Cauchard antennarius pictus

Ron Silver Appears to be a juvenile Warty Frogfish, Antennarius maculatus

Bernard Cauchard waouh ,super

Message posted on UWphotographers on 03 Oct 2013
Andrey Shpatak Anilao. Gigant frog fish & Chromodoris geometrica Nikon D700+Tamron 90mm. Nov 2012.

Danny Ocampo Nice! Basura or secret bay?

Pat Sinclair Oh wow, a two for one shot!

Marc Levenson hah! Nice.

Andrey Shpatak Basura

Ron Silver Andrey, based on pattern of dorsal coloration and the purple rhinophores and gills, this appears to be C. hintuanensis

Andrey Shpatak Thanks, i am so good spesialist((

Ron Silver It's hard to keep up with all of the changes that are coming rapid fire these days what with all of the genetic testing being done. Technically, this is now Goniobranchus hintuanensis.

Ron Silver I don't mean to be picking on you Andrey, but the Frogfish also needs a clarification. This is the Pink Phase of the Warty Frogfish, Antennarius maculatus.

Kelly Bennett Walkotten 2 for 1. Nice!

Giorgio Cavallaro Uwp http://www.uwphotographers.net/2012/10/uwp-andrey-shpatak.html

Azhar Adnan coool!!!

Message posted on UWphotographers on 01 Oct 2013
Rennie Baran Sogod Bay today

Ron Silver Warty Frogfish, Antennarius maculatus (Pink Phase)

Message posted on UWphotographers on 01 Oct 2013
Padoy Fajermo frogfish, basura anilao philipine

Ron Silver Warty Frogfish, Antennarius maculatus (juvenile)

Message posted on UWphotographers on 03 Sep 2013
Alex Barth Small Clown Frogfish (ca.2cm) / Bali 2013 - Tulamben Canon G10 1x INON D-2000 , 1x INON Z-240 Subsee +10 f8 1/160 ISO 80

Steve Murdoch He really blends in with the scenery ;)

Ron Silver aka Warty Frogfish, Antennarius maculatus (juvenile)

Stacy Tseng which site in tulamben..? i was there few weeks ago and was looking for it but didn't find it...

Alex Barth Drop Off :-)

Message posted on Wetpixel Underwater Photography on 03 Oct 2013
Greg Piper Yawn.....Wakatobi If you have not dived Wakatobi and it is not on your bucket list then grab a pen and add it! Simply put the "Best" in the business. % star service an understatement. Guy (pronounced Gee) and his wife go beyond the expected and have a level of service unsurpassed in the industry. Beauty, great diving, amazing service...this is Wakatobi!! www.wakatobi.com

Michelle Winkel Great shot Greg Piper!!

Trish Meacham I really am amazed at the beauty of the under sea world.

Mark Taylor Metz Awesome Bro!

Trish Meacham Love the vivid colors

Ron Silver WARTSKIN FROGFISH, Antennarius maculatus

Message posted on Wetpixel Underwater Photography on 09 Aug 2013
Imade Widana Drop off tulamben dive, Oct, 14, 2013

Stuart Pearce Very nice shot :)

Ron Silver Warty Frogfish, Antennarius maculatus (juvenile)

Imade Widana Thanks Stuart and Ron

Galina Maslova Beauty

Imade Widana Thanks Galina Maslova.

Ernst Andres <3 <3 <3

Imade Widana Thanks Ernst Andres.

Alexander Niedermair Woowh nice....

Message posted on The Global Diving Community on 14 Oct 2013
Arnico Lumangyao Cartalla Clown Frogfish at Dauin Marine Park

Ron Silver Antennarius maculatus

Stuart Pearce Very nice shot :)

Sabine Van Durmen very nice

Ernst Andres Beautiful :-)

Message posted on The Global Diving Community on 11 Oct 2013
Imade Widana Padangbai dive Sept, 30, 2013

Stuart Pearce Beauty :)

Meris Michela ohhhh....awesome....

Imade Widana Thanks Stuart, Sheilamae and Meris

Ernst Andres Beautiful <3

Ron Silver Warty Frogfish, Antennarius maculatus (juvenile)

Imade Widana Thanks Ernest

Ernst Andres You´re welcome my friend :-)

Alexander Niedermair Real nice Shot...

Burhan MuntasserPhoto I love the expression on its face, awesome!!!

Annie Bodar superbe merci

Antonio Colacino Great shot :)

Imade Widana Thanks Alexander Niedermair, Burhan MuntasserPhoto, Annie Bodar and Antonio Colacino

Message posted on The Global Diving Community on 30 Sep 2013
Blogie Robillo I know it's not easy to tell this frogfish's species just by looking at this photo, but maybe someone can make an educated guess? It's a resident of Dayang Beach. It's been on that wood for sometime now, at around 12m depth. My friends' guess is that it's Antennarius maculatus.

Kati Burg To me it is not A. maculatus (if you look at the filaments on the chin), but it is really hard to tell. Maybe you find the answer here: http://www.frogfish.ch/species-arten/all-frogfish-species.html

Timothy Christian Te Does't have any warts, so it can't be maculatus. From the lure and chin growths, it looks like coccineus/freckled/scarlet froggy

Timothy Christian Te http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20p?see=I_RR3072&res=640

Blogie Robillo Gasp! A new froggy species for us in Davao Gulf? Yay!!

Blogie Robillo Timothy Christian Te - Hey yeah, it does look like A. coccineus, shape-wise.

Shauming Lo Keep working guys, so we all learnt! Great job!

Jun V Lao guys, my favorite sirte identifying froggies http://frogfish.ch/

Mike Bartick Thanks Jun, you beat me to it...

Jun V Lao ooops sowi sowi

Mike Bartick If it is there often take a few more pics to ID it. Front, side, and detailed shots. Also a photo of the lure, this is vital for proper ID and,....size reference. It hard to get a good view of the details at this angle. Timothy may be right..

Jun V Lao u may also rotate ccw, i had to rotate my laptop for a better view hehe

Blogie Robillo Jun V - Sorry chief. It's the naturalist in me -- don't like portraying sand as sky :D

Jun V Lao salut salut :P

Blogie Robillo Mike Bartick - Sorry, don't have other angles. I don't like repositioning critters underwater, so I make do with the angles presented to me. :)

Mike Bartick I didn't ask you to reposition....just try some different angles on another visit...

Blogie Robillo Been trying to do that, Mike. But everytime I visit they (there are 2 of them there) are always hiding most of their body parts! :D

Mike Bartick Patients and revisits

Alexis Golding Warty Frogfish Lembeh Strait / Indonesia

Giorgio Cavallaro Uwp http://www.uwphotographers.net/2012/06/uwp-alexis-golding.html

Kevin OBrien Cool coloring !!

John Carrillo Dorta Parece una manzana mal pelada jajaja , buena foto bro

Myriam Alencar charmant

Ron Silver What was the size of this froggie? I have been going back and forth trying to determine if this is a Warty instead?

Alexis Golding Ron Silver 3 cms aprox.

Ron Silver Thanx. Small size would tip my choice much more to Warty Frogfish, Antennarius maculatus.

Alexis Golding Thanks

Message posted on UWphotographers on 19 Nov 2013
Harvey Buyst Olympus Epl1, 14-42mm, 1/60, f-18, ISO125, Inon S2000

David Chan warty frog fish

Harvey Buyst Or Clown Frogfish or Antennarius maculatus.

Message posted on Scubashooters.net on 22 Jun 2013
Harvey Buyst Olympus Epl1, 14-42mm, 1/60, f-18, ISO125, Inon S2000

Sylvie Lalane what s ? merci super

Harvey Buyst Clown Frogfish or Antennarius maculatus.

Giorgio Cavallaro (Y)

Message posted on UWphotographers on 22 Jun 2013
Taxonomy
Animalia (Kingdom)
  Chordata (Phylum)
    Vertebrata (Subphylum)
      Gnathostomata (Superclass)
        Pisces (Superclass)
          Actinopterygii (Class)
            Lophiiformes (Order)
              Antennariidae (Family)
                Antennarius (Genus)
                  Antennarius maculatus (Species)
Associated Species