More info | Plus d'info | Mais info | Fishwatchers: Add your observation | Attach your web site to this page | FishBase

English | Español | Português | Français | Deutsch | Italiano | Nederlands | Chinese      More languages...

Antennarius biocellatus in Solomon Islands
Brackishwater frogfish

Go to Species Summary

Antennarius biocellatus   (Cuvier, 1817)
Family:	Antennariidae (Frogfishes)			picture (Anbio_u0.jpg) by Shao, K.T.
Order:	Lophiiformes  (anglerfishes)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Brackishwater frogfish
Max. size:	14.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 48635)
Environment:	demersal ; depth range 0 - 73 m
Climate:	tropical; 19°N - 12°S
Global Importance:	fisheries: of no interest
Resilience:	High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Fec assumed to be > 10,000)
Distribution:	Western Pacific: Indonesia, New Guinea, the Solomons, the Philippines and Taiwan. Reported from Palau (Ref. 2847).
Diagnosis:	Usually features one or two ocelli on the soft dorsal fin. Length to 14 cm (Ref. 48635).
Biology:	Unusual among antennariids in often occupying brackish or even totally freshwater habitats. Most specimens were taken at 10 m depth or less. Oviparous. Eggs are bound in ribbon-like sheath or mass of gelatinous mucus called 'egg raft' or 'veil' (Ref. 6773)
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	poisonous to eat
Coordinator:
Main Ref:	Pietsch, T.W. and D.B. Grobecker. 1987. (Ref. 6773)
Update | Add

Solomon Islands country information
Common names:	[ No common name ]		Ref:
Status:	native		Ref:
Salinity:	freshwater, brackish, marine
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Also Ref. 2847, 48635.
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/bp.html
National  Fisheries  Authority:	www.spc.org.nc/coastfish/Countries/solomons/solomons.htm
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Pietsch, T.W. and D.B. Grobecker, 1987
Update

More information:	Countries FAO areas Occurrences Introductions Ecosystem Ecology Diet Food items Food consumption Ration Predators Ciguatera Fish loss Common names Synonyms Pictures Sounds Reproduction Maturity Spawning Eggs Egg dev. Larvae Larval dynamics References Growth L-W relationship L-L relationship Length frequencies Recruitment Max. age & size Metabolism Morphology Morphometrics Gill area Brains Vision Collaborators Genetics Allele frequencies Heritability Strains Aquaculture Aquaculture profile Diseases Ecotoxicology Processing Speed Swim. type Stamps
	Note: No data are available if label is black .
Tools:	Biogeographic modelling | E-book | Field guide | Length-frequency Wizard | Life-history tool | Point map |
Internet sources:	BiOSC Point Data | CISTI | GMAD | Google | GOBASE | GenBank ( genome, nucleotide ) | National databases | PubMed | Scirus | Public aquariums | Tree of Life | Zoological Record Fish Forum |
	Note: use the Back button of your browser to return to FishBase.
	Modified:  Santos, Kristine	Entered:  Froese, Rainer

	Ref.:				Glossary
		(e.g. 9948)				(e.g. cephalopods)
ThisFishForum      Comments & Corrections      Sign our Guest Book
Back to Search

CGNET - US

Page created by: Eli, 20.10.03, last modified by Eli, 26.06.07