Frogfish facts: lightning fast eating | Animal Fact Files

Frogfish are anglerfish. They're related to the anglerfish found in the deep ocean, but frogfish themselves are typically found in shallower water. These fish are odd. They don't have swim bladder and tend to walk or cruise along the bottom of the water column. They are generally found on coral reefs and come with camouflage that makes them almost impossible to detect. This is advantageous for frogfish because they are ambush predators and have one of the fastest bites in the animal kingdom! Frogfish gulp their food down in a single bite and can do so in less than a second!
Scientific Name: Family - Antennariidae
Range: oceans around the world (except Mediterranean)
Size: average 8 inches (20cm) in length
Diet: mostly other fish, also crustaceans
Lifespan: n/a
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Image and Video Credits:
Steve Winkworth - • Anglerfish takes a dump ; • Lembeh Straight - Sept...
Adventures Underwater by Henning Laatsch - • 79 ADVENTURES UNDERWAT... ; • 117 Frogfish close ADV... ; • 88 ADVENTURES UNDERWAT...
Seth Setiadha - • Seth Adventure : Divin...
Roser Gari Perez - • Frogfishes snuggling ; • Baby clown frog fish
Zola Chen - • komodo frogfish 2012.09
Notdunroaming - • Notdunroamin: Frogfish...
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FrantoDiving - • Poisson-Grenouille Pei...
Chris Thompson - • frogfish
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Maxwell Adventures - • Frogfish at Ulua Beach...
Richard Fuchs - • Frogfish settling in (...
bermuda jill - • Anemone and Frogfish i...
Eric Nordstrom - • Orange Painted Frogfis...
Panama City Diving - • Frogfish on the Black ...
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Research Credits:
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I love marine life, I hope to study all kinds of ocean creatures

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Great video!

[@Col28]

3:05 That's a furry dude, huh? He's rockin' that camo!
These guys are cool! Thanks for the video.

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Awesome suggestions! We'll get those on the list. Thanks so much for watching! 😊😊

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Another great video! Love the footage you got of the frogfish, they look incredible. Have a good day guys! 💚

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Thanks so much! 😊

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Awesome video!🤩 I have never heard of these fishes before!🤯 Keep up the great work!🥰

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Thank you so much 😁

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Frogfish is so strange

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That's a great request!! We added it to the list. 😊 Thanks for watching!

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Great video 👍

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His stomach must be extremely roomy and have extremely powerful digestive juices!

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These guys seem like they would actually be more poised to transition to the land then mudskippers. I guess the latter must have just need to more...

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It's amazing how diverse the animal kingdom is. 😊

[@ChaosMagnet]

These goofy little guys are so ugly they’re cute!