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Echinophryne mitchellii (Morton, 1897)

Common Names

  • Langpigget tudsefisk
  • Bristly frogfish
  • Long-spined anglerfish
  • Mitchell's anglerfish
  • Mitchell's frogfish
  • Prickly angler fish
  • Spinycoat anglerfish

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Lophiiformes

    Family: Histiophrynidae

    Genus: Echinophryne

    Species: Echinophryne mitchellii (Morton, 1897)

    Climate Zone

  • Temperate

    • Location

    • Eastern Indian Ocean: endemic to southern Australia, from Wilson's Promontory, Victoria to Tasmania.

    Biology

    A benthic (Ref. 75154) and temperate species (Ref. 7300) found inshore on reefs (Ref. 7300, 75154).

    Habitat

    associated

    Conservation Status

    Not Evaluated

    Threat to Humans

    Harmless

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