
Golden and Red decked on Grey
One of the more common Frogfish to be found in Philippines, the Giant Frogfish - Antennarius commerson can grow up to the size of 30 cm. The one in this picture is still relatively small in size, around 15 cm.
They can be highly variable in colours and some are simply plain in colour but others have appendages growing all over its body like in this picture. Their colour variations includes - white, black, grey, brown, red, green with shades in between plus moulted look.
Frogfishes are ambush predators and they seldom swim unless disturbed. More often, they 'walk' with their fins adapted for that. If not disturbed, they are likely to be found in the same area for a long time but even then, to the untrained eyes, it can be difficult to find them as they can be very well camouflaged as they hardly moves.

Commerson's frogfish or the giant frogfish, ''Antennarius commerson'', is a marine fish belonging to the family Antennariidae.
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Frogfishes are usually a favourite among most scuba divers. Posted 8 years ago
They go to extreme measures to decorate themselves and then they tried to hide from everyone by making themselves nearly invincible! ha ha Posted 8 years ago