Cryptic anglerfish
Cryptic anglerfish | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Lophiiformes |
Family: | Antennariidae |
Genus: | Histiophryne |
Species: | H. cryptacanthus
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Binomial name | |
Histiophryne cryptacanthus (M. C. W. Weber, 1913)
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The cryptic anglerfish (Histiophryne cryptacanthus) is a frogfish found in waters ranging from Taiwan to South Australia. There are an estimated 75 specimens known. The luring appendage on its forehead is reduced to nearly nothing.[1]
References[]
- ^ ; Arnold, R. & Hall, D. (2009). "A bizarre new species of frogfish of the genus Histiophryne (Lophiiformes: Antennariidae) from Ambon and Bali, Indonesia". American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. Retrieved March 1, 2009.
Categories:
- Lophiiformes
- Fish of Australia
- Fish of Taiwan
- Fish described in 1913
- Lophiiformes stubs