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]

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