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Histiophryne cryptacanthus (Weber, 1913)

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13 - 16; Anal soft rays: 6 - 9.

Common Names

  • Cryptic anglerfish , English , Australia
  • Cryptic frogfish , English , Australia
  • Rodless anglerfish , English , Australia
  • Small-rounded frogfish , English , Papua New Guinea
  • 隐刺薄躄鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 隐棘躄鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 隱刺薄躄魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 隱棘躄魚 , Mandarin Chinese , Taiwan/Ch Taipei

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Lophiiformes

    Family: Histiophrynidae

    Genus: Histiophryne

    Species: Histiophryne cryptacanthus (Weber, 1913)

    Climate Zone

  • Subtropical

    • Location

    Biology

    Found inshore on reefs (Ref. 7300) but has been recorded to a depth of 130 m (Ref. 9563). Adults found with sponges or ascidians (Ref. 48635). Oviparous. Eggs are attached to each other by a single, flattened, acellular filament and are brooded in a hollow behind the left pectoral fin (Ref. 6773). Mimics sponges with its spots that resembles pores of sponges (Ref 90102).

    Habitat

    associated