Ocellated frogfish

Ocellated frogfish
Ocellated frogfish, East Timor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Lophiiformes
Family: Antennariidae
Genus: Fowlerichthys
Species: F. ocellatus
Binomial name
Fowlerichthys ocellatus
(Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801)

The ocellated frogfish, Fowlerichthys ocellatus, is a frogfish of the family Antennariidae, found in the western Atlantic including the eastern portion of the Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean Sea, to depths of 150 m. Its grows to a length of 38 centimetres (15 in) TL.

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