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Whitespotted
Filefish - Cantherhines macrocerus.
Inhabits coral reefs or rocky bottoms. Found among gorgonians. Feeds mainly on
sponges, gorgonians, and algae but also eats hydroids and stinging coral. Western
Atlantic: Florida, USA and Bermuda to São Paulo, Brazil. Eastern Atlantic:
St. Paul's Rocks .
Warty
Frogfish
- Antennarius
maculatus.
Inhabits logoons, bay or in the back reef. Adults
are usually with sponges. Juveniles openly on reefs
looking like nudibranchs. Oviparous. Indo-West Pacific:
Maldives and Mauritius to Indonesia, Singapore, the
Philippines, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
The Antennarius maculatus grows up to 6 inches. The
Antennarius maculatus is an ambush predator, capable
of swallowing items the same size as itself. Feeds
on small fish, inverts |
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Saltwater>PhotoGallery>Unique
Marine Fish
Ornate
Cowfish -
Aracana ornata
Habitat: Occurs in shallow waters, sheltered
seagrass or reefs; more commonly in depths less
than 20 m. Eastern Indian Ocean:
Southern Australian waters from Esperance, WA,
to Mallacoota, Vic., and around Tasmania. When
feeding, they often blow a jet of water out of
their mouths into
the sediment to uncover hidden prey. Ornate cowfish
belong to the small family of temperate boxfishes,
one of 11 species. A rare cowfish that is seldom
available to the hobby.
Flying Gurnard -
Dactyloptena
The flying gurnards are a family (Dactylopteridae)
of marine fish notable for their greatly enlarged
pectoral fins, which they use to "walk" along
sandy sea floors while looking for crustaceans
and other small invertebrates. The family is
small, with seven species in two genera. The
Flying Gurnard lives in a range of habitats including
estuaries, coastal bays and deep sandy areas. Eastern
Atlantic: English Channel to Angola, including
the Mediterranean, Madeira, and the Azores. Western
Atlantic: Massachusetts, USA and the Gulf of
Mexico to Argentina. Feeds primarily on benthic
crustaceans, especially crabs, clams and small
fishes.
Flame
/ Whitebarred Trunkfish - anoplocapros
lenticularis.
Occurs on the continental
shelf. Eastern Indian Ocean: Australia
(southern Western Australia and western
South Australia). Climate: subtropical.
Occurs on rocky reefs in temperate marine
waters of southern Australia from southern
Victoria to southwestern Western Australia.
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