Rare sighting of frogfish spotted in the Gulf of Eilat

Rare sighting of frogfish spotted in the Gulf of Eilat

An unusual sighting of an Antennariidae, or more commonly known as a frogfish, was reported on Saturday in the Gulf of Eilat.

An unusual sighting of a frogfish in the Gulf of Eilat was reported by Menashe Pinchas, a resident of Ganei Tikva and an amateur diver with decades of diving experience. During a dive, Pinchas spotted a single individual of the fish, at a depth of about 12 meters. The fish, apparently of the Antennarius genus, was observed well camouflaged on an underwater metal device, near an artificial reef. Pinchas describes behavior typical of this specie…

A resident of Ganei Tikva and an amateur diver documented a rare moment in which a frogfish was spotted in the Gulf of Eilat. At this time, it is not clear how it arrived in Eilat, but there are several hypotheses. The post Rare Documentation: Frogfish Spotted in Eilat appeared first on Crochet.