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Sargassum Frogfish

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Description:

A juvenile Sargassum Frogfish, around 1 cm in size. They are usually yellow/green/brown in colours, mottled with ability to change colours, especially dark/light shades quickly for perfect camouflage among Sargassum weeds.

Habitat:

Among Sargassum weeds, usually near the surface.

Notes:

Pic#4 shows how small it is and its perfect camouflage. Pic#5 shows it free swimming to another patch of Sargassum weeds.

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2 Comments

AlbertKang
AlbertKang 5 years ago

Thanks, @Machi :)

Machi
Machi 5 years ago

Great find! Just learned about these in a video yesterday!

AlbertKang
Spotted by
AlbertKang

Sabah, Malaysia

Spotted on May 17, 2018
Submitted on May 17, 2018

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