Cryptic Anglerfish

Cryptic Anglerfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Lophiiformes
Family:	Antennariidae
Genus:	Histiophryne
Species:	H. cryptacanthus
Binomial name
Histiophryne cryptacanthus Weber, 1913

Cryptic Anglerfish (Histiophryne cryptacanthus) is a frogfish found in waters ranging from Taiwan to South Australia. There are an estimated 75 specimens known. The luring appendage on its forehead is reduced to nearly nothing.^[1]

References

1. ^ Pietsch, T., Arnold, R., and Hall, D. (2009). "A bizarre new species of frogfish of the genus Histiophryne (Lophiiformes: Antennariidae) from Ambon and Bali, Indonesia". American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. http://www.divenews.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=6016. Retrieved March 1, 2009. 

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