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frogfish

[ frog-fish, frawg- ]

noun

plural (especially collectively) frogfish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) frogfishes.
  1. any tropical marine fish of the family Antennariidae, having a wide, froglike mouth and broad, limblike pectoral fins.


frogfish

/ ˈ´Ú°ùÉ’É¡ËŒ´Úɪʃ /

noun

  1. any angler (fish) of the family Antennariidae , in which the body is covered with fleshy processes, including a fleshy lure on top of the head
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of frogfish1

First recorded in 1640–50; frog 1 + fish
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Coastal species like frogfish, which live in diverse and productive coral reef environments, exhibited much lower rates of evolutionary change than their counterparts in the deep sea.

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There is even a type of frogfish known as "sargassum fish" who live solely in this habitat.

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A rare encounter with a sargassum frogfish out of its natural habitat.

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I saw a frogfish on a nature documentary, and I wanted to know if they are genetically related to chameleons, because they have similar facial characteristics.

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In the more than 1,000 dives that hobbyist diver Atsushi Sadaki claims to have been on, he says he's seen a few frogfish but never any moving in this way.

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