Prickly anglerfish

Echinophryne crassispina

Seven Centimeters Anglerfish from the Indian Ocean

Temperate
Island endemic
Island endemic species
Local endemic species
Restricted distribution
Marine fish
Indian Ocean
Oceania
Small
Temperate fish

Echinophryne crassispina, the prickly anglerfish, prickly frogfish or thick-spined anglerfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Histiophryninae in the family Antennariidae, the frogfishes. These fishes are endemic to the temperate waters of southern Australia.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Anglerfishes
Family: Histiophrynidae
Genus: Echinophryne
Maximum length: 7 cm
Water: Marine
Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean: Endemic to southern Australia, from Kangaroo Islands, South Australia to Tasmania.

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