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Histiophryne
Histiophryne is a genus of frogfishes found in waters ranging from Taiwan to South Australia. There are currently three known species. These fishes are easily distinguished from other anglerfishes as having a reduced (or missing) luring appendage, a highly evolved form of the first dorsal fin spine. The second and third spines are immobile and reduced as well to mere bumps beneath the skin. The rear fins extend past the body of the fish and meet...
6 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 6 known species
Narungga Frogfish
speciesHistiophryne narungga
Smooth Anglerfish
speciesHistiophryne bougainvilli
Psychedelic Frogfish
speciesHistiophryne psychedelica
Histiophryne pogonia
speciesHistiophryne pogonia
Queensland frogfish
speciesHistiophryne maggiewalker
Rodless Anglerfish
speciesHistiophryne cryptacanthus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 88926.