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Antennarius commersoni
Large with few warty projections; highly variable often acquiring color of surroundings. This specimen is of a pinkish tone, still juvenile, around 10 cm in size.
Soitary, frequently on sponges. Coastal, lagoon and outer reefs up to 50 meters depth
Spotted on Jun 14, 2014
Submitted on Jun 25, 2014
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You are welcome, @hernandezwolf99 :)
Wow! Thanks
Yes, @hernandezwwolf99.
I have seen Frogfishes hunting many times and have also managed to capture the encounters in video.
You can watch this at my Facebook page :
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=101...
In the video, you will see 2 different Giant Frogfishes hunting and a smaller Painted Frogfish hunting. The smaller Painted Frogfish is more dramatic as it managed to eat a Cardinal Fish half its size and you can visualize the size of this Frogfish from the playing card nearby.
Frogfishes have been known to eat/swallow their prey nearly as big as themself!!!
Did you see it hunting any fish. I know frog fish are great hunters and that they can suck up a fish really fast. So let me know if you saw any of this. Thanks