Food: Antennarius striatus (Striated frogfish) hunt by using their illicium (line) and esca (lure) to lure prey into their mouth. They eat nekto, finfish and bonyfish. Provide your Striated frogfish with live foods, or train it to take fresh/dead food from a wiggled feeding stick.
Breeding: Their reproductive Mode is dioecism and fertilization is external. they are open water/substratum egg scatterer. We have no information about breeding this species in aquarium.
Species Name: Antennarius striatus
Synonyms: Antennarius striatus, Antennarius multiocellatus, Antennarius histrio, Lophius histrio, Lophius striatus, Phrynelox striatus, Antennarius commersoni, Lophius tricornis, Chironectes tricornis, Chironectes scaber, Antennarius scaber, Phrynelox scaber, Phrynelox tigris, Antennarius tridens, Phrynelox tridens, Chironectes tridens, Antennarius tigris, Chironectes Tigris, Antennarius tenebrosus, Lophius spectrum, Antennarius lacepedii, Antennarius pinniceps, Antennarius pinniceps, Antennarius melas, Phrynelox melas, Saccarius lineatus, Phrynelox nox, Antennarius campylacanthus, Phrynelox nuttingi, Antennarius nuttingii
Antennarius nuttingi, Antennarius nox, Antennarius teleplanus, Phrynelox atra, Antennarius cubensis, Phrynelox cunninghami, Antennarius cunninghami, Antennarius glauerti, Antennarius zebrinus, Antennarius atra, Antennarius fuliginosus, Triantennaus zebrinus, Phrynelox zebrinus, Antennarius delaisi, Antennarius occidentalis, Phrynelox lochites
Common Names: Striated frogfish
Family: Antennariidae (Frogfishes)
Order: Lophiiformes (Anglerfishes)
Class: Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Max.Size: 25.0 cm / 9.8 inches
Environment: Marine-reef, brackish
Origin: Western Central, Eastern Central, Northwest, Southwest and Southeast Atlantic. Western Central, Eastern Central, Northwest and Southwest Pacific Western and Eastern Indian Ocean
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