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Rhycherus
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Rhycherus

Rhycherus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the subfamily Histiophryninae in the family Antennariidae, the frogfishes. The fishes in this genus are endemic to the waters off Australia. This genus is classified in the monogeneric family Rhycheridae, the Balrog frogfishes, by some authorities.

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2 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 2 known species

Tasselled Anglerfish

speciesRhycherus filamentosus

Glover's Anglerfish

speciesRhycherus gloveri

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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 91755.