The body color pattern and structure of the esca (lure) match some descriptions of A. coccineus, but the identification is uncertain. The first few animals were found under rocks or in piles of loose rubble on the Kwajalein Atoll seaward reef at depths of about 6-15m and the animals were roughly 30-50mm in length. Other variations of what we think are Antennatus coccineus are shown on separate pages.
The fish below was in a local aquarium.
The very small specimen below was in a lagoon patch of Halimeda algae.
The fish below almost seems more like the one we are calling Abantennarius nummifer.
Created 5 June 2010
Updated 26 December 2019