#frogfish
Into mucking around? If you are unfamiliar with the term muck diving, it is basically a treasure hunt for small and often highly cryptic critters hiding among the supporting columns of a pier or in debris - like this frogfish nestled, comfortably we assume, in the sandy bottom. (Photograph by Saskia van Wijk)
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One of the critter kings, frogfish (aka anglerfish) are often photographed for a number of reasons - their various contrasting colours, textures and camouflages, their incredible hunting tactics and of course their down-turned mouths and muppet-like faces. Of course, the fact that they remain absolutely motionless for 90% of the time also helps the happy-snappers. (Photograph: Richard Smith)
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6 mm of uncontrollable cuteness…
Juvenile Painted Frogfish (Antennarius pictus) - Atmosphere Resorts House Reef, Dauin, Philippines
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Purple People Eater…
Giant Frogfish (Antennarius commersoni) - Atmosphere Resorts House Reef, Dauin, Philippines
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amazing afternoon snorkel! went out to show some people two harlequin shrimps and ended up witnessing two frogfish mating! The male (red) tried to push the female (yellow) off the sponge and off the bottom to signal her he was ready to mate. She finally gave in and started swimming upwards, with the male following, her, until she released her eggs into the water column where the male fertilized them. In other words, they both swam and started spinning around like crazy while shooting out the good stuff, which turns into a little pastry-looking raft that will float for a month or two until the baby froggies are ready to enter the real world…
Painted Frogfish (Antennarius pictus) - Atmosphere Resorts House Reef, Dauin, Philippines
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little 7mm froggie hiding in the seagrass…
Baby Frogfish (Antennarius sp.) - Atmosphere Resorts House Reef, Dauin, Philippines
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Supermacro view of a frogfish lure - no crop.
Hairy Frogfish Lure (Antennarius striatus) - Dauin, Philippines
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