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Main identification features
- 2nd dorsal fin spine: membrane thick swollen
- large
Commerson's frogfish
Second dorsal spine joined to head by thick, fleshy membrane; 3rd dorsal spine curved to rear, movable; fishing pole ~twice as long as second dorsal spine, lure length ~20% of pole length; pectoral rays 11 (rarely 10), not branched; anal 8 rays; dorsal 11-12 (usually 13) rays; base of pectoral arm broad; all rays of tail fin branched skin covered with close-set spicules.
Pink, red, brown, yellow, green; body and fins spotted or mottled with blotches of lighter or darker colors - purple, brown, black, white; 0-15 short dark bars radiating from eye.
Size: 35 cm.
Habitat: rocky bottoms.
Depth: 5-70 m, usually deeper than 20 m.
Indo-Pacific; central Mexico to Panama, the Revillagigedos, Galapagos, Cocos, Malpelo and Gorgona Island (Colombia).
Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos); Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo).
Depth Range Max: 70 m.
Depth Range Min: 5 m.
Diet: bony fishes; mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs).
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=20; Southern limit=3; Western limit=-115; Eastern limit=-79; Latitudinal range=17; Longitudinal range=36.
Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Carnivore.
FishBase Habitat: Reef Associated.
Global Endemism: All Pacific (West + Central + East); Indo-Pacific only (Indian + Pacific Oceans); TEP non-endemic; "Transpacific" (East + Central &/or West Pacific); All species.
Habitat: Corals; Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom); Rocks; Reef (rock &/or coral); Reef only.
Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 35 cm.
Regional Endemism: Island (s); Continent; Continent + Island (s); Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic; Eastern Pacific non-endemic; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Marine; Marine Only.
Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only;
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- Castro-Aguirre , J. L. , Balart , E. F. and Arvizu-Martínez, J., 1995., Contribución al conocimiento del origen y distribución de la ictiofauna del Golfo de California, México., Hidrobiologica, 5:57-78.
- Fischer , W. , Krup , F. , Schneider , W. , Sommer , C. , Carpenter , K. E. and Niem, V. H., 1995., Guia FAO para la Identificacion de Especies de para los fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. Volumen II. Vertebrados - Parte 1., FAO2:647-1200.
- Latreille, P. A., 1804., Tableau méthodique des Poissons. Pp. 71-105. In: Nouveaux dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, 1re éd., v. 24. Paris 1802-04., Tab. Method. Poiss., :71-105.
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I thank Ashley MacDonald and John Pickering, University of Georgia, for technical support in building this page.
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