5 frogfish/seahorse pics from Bonaire

[louisianadiver]

I'm not sure what happened to the 4th pic. Here it is again:

This is a longlure frogfish, Antennarius multiocellatus, and it does have a lure. See page 309 of the Humann/Deloach fish book.

Here's a photo of another specimen with a prominent lure:

Clay

 

[victor]

Fantastic pictures, I cannot wait to see one swimming

 

[Missdirected]

WOW! That swimming froggie angler fella pic is really really good!

Hey Almity, it also has the three spots on the tail which per Humann and Deloach is a tell tale sign of the LongLure Frog.

And the ugly fish you put up is a type of ToadFish :28: I'm thinking you guys have them all backwards :54:

 

[midwestdvr]

fantastic photos. love the frogfish and that toadfish.

 

[almity1]

WOW! That swimming froggie angler fella pic is really really good!

Hey Almity, it also has the three spots on the tail which per Humann and Deloach is a tell tale sign of the LongLure Frog.

And the ugly fish you put up is a type of ToadFish :28: I'm thinking you guys have them all backwards :54:

Oh no no no no no

This is a Toadfish, and yes it does look like a dog.

Starry Toadfish
Arothron stellatus
Family: Tetraodontidae

 

[almity1]

Here is my source

http://www.scuba-equipment-usa.com/marine/speciessearch.html

Type in

angler
frogfish
toadfish

And see the differences

As an example, a Toadfish

http://www.scuba-equipment-usa.com/...d_Stripes_Toadfish(Arothron_reticularis).html

A Frog Fish

http://www.scuba-equipment-usa.com/marine/JAN04/Eastern_Frogfish(Batrachomoeus_dubius).html

And a Angler

http://www.scuba-equipment-usa.com/marine/APR06/Painted_Anglerfish(Antennarius_pictus).html

And the angler family is Antennaridae

This database get updated by a Marine Biologist and Scientist Friend of mine called Dave Harasti. He works for the authorities, here in New SOuth Wales, Australia.

His portfolio and field of study is endangered species, which for us here is the Grey Nurse Shark and the Black Cod. He also is doing a Field Study on Sea Horses as well.

Here is his web site

http://www.daveharasti.com/

 

[louisianadiver]

No worries, Almity. Different names for fish in different parts of the world. We call grey nurse sharks sand tigers up here, and they're very common on wrecks off the coast of North Carolina in the US:

Our toadfish look like this: (Opsanus pardus)

Clay

 

[Missdirected]

Louisianadiver - is that shark pic one you took? Very, very nice.

Almity, again I'm telling you that you have them all backwards

And your toads look like a type of Puffer!

 

[almity1]

Almity, again I'm telling you that you have them all backwards

And your toads look like a type of Puffer!

Don't you love the internet.

We could do this all day!!!!

Our puffers look like this

We also call them Porcupine fish

 

[almity1]

Louisianadiver - is that shark pic one you took? Very, very nice.

Sorry Louisianadiver, in my efforts to keep up the banter with Missdirected I didn't acknowledge your photos. I was misdirected by MissDirected

Love the shots.

When I finally back up my Gigabytes of images I will start a thread on the fish life of Sydney.

Sydney is very lucky where we can just jump of rocks and come off the beach to go diving. You are at a dive site within an hour.