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Halophryne diemensis (Lesueur, 1824)

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 19 - 21; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 16 - 18; Vertebrae: 27 - 28.

Common Names

  • Båndpaddefisk , Danish , Denmark
  • Australian frogfish , English , Australia
  • Banded frogfish , English , Australia
  • Banded frogfish , English , Solomon Is.
  • Banded frogfish , English , Papua New Guinea
  • Banded frogfish , English , Global
  • Banded toadfish , English , Australia
  • Banded toadfish , English , Global
  • Bastard stonefish , English , Australia
  • Devil-fish , English , Australia
  • Northern frogfish , English , Australia
  • Stonefish , English , Australia
  • Wirrarook , English , Australia
  • Naamiokonnakala , Finnish , Finland
  • Novu tonikama , Gela , Solomon Is.
  • Gebänderter Krötenfisch , German , Germany
  • 横带小孔蟾鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 橫帶小孔蟾魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Batrachoidiformes

    Family: Batrachoididae

    Genus: Halophryne

    Species: Halophryne diemensis (Lesueur, 1824)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

    Biology

    Found in coastal reefs and among mangroves, sometimes in crevices or caves (Ref. 9710). Occurs in estuaries and fairly common in the tidally influenced part of the lower Mekong (Ref. 12693). Conceals itself in mud or debris and waits for prey to come by (Ref. 12693). Feeds on crabs, prawns, mollusks, echinoderms, and fishes. Stab wounds from spines can result to severe pain. Rarely trawled. Marketed fresh in the Mekong delta (Ref. 12693).

    Habitat

    brackish