Echinophryne

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Echinophryne
Echinophryne crassispina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Lophiiformes
Family: Antennariidae
Subfamily: Histiophryninae
Genus: Echinophryne
McCulloch & Waite, 1918
Type species
Echinophryne crassispina
McCulloch & Waite, 1918
Species

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Echinophryne is a

Antennariidae, the frogfishes. The fishes in this genus are endemic
to the waters off Australia.

Taxonomy

Echinophryne was first proposed as a genus in 1918 by the Australian

Lophiiformes, the anglerfishes.[4]

Etymology

Echinophryne combines echinos, meaning "spiny", a reference to the skin of the type species which was described as “thickly beset with large, upstanding, bifurcate spinules”, with phryne, meaning "toad", a common used suffix for anglerfish genera, it may date as far back as Aristotle and Cicero, who referred to anglerfishes as “fishing-frogs” and “sea-frogs,” respectively, this is assumed to be an allusion to the frog- or toad-like appearance of these fishes.[5]

Species

Echinophryne has three recognised species classified within it:[6]

Characteristics

Echinophryne anglerfishes have the second and third dorsal spines free of the skin and not hidden underneath it. The rough skin is densely covered in denticles. there is a

standard length of 11.1 cm (4.4 in).[6]

Distribution and habitat

Echinophryne anglerfishes are endemic to Australia, they are found along the southern coasts of Australia from King George Sound (Western Australia) in Western Australia[7] to Jervis Bay in New South Wales, including Tasmania.[8] One species, the prickly anglerfish, is found in rocky reefs, frequently under rocks, ledges and around jetties[8] while the sponge anglerfish inhabits rocky reefs where it associates with sponges.[7] They are found as deep as 70 m (230 ft).[9]

References

  1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Histiophrynidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  2. ^
    doi:10.1643/CI-13-155
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  3. ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2024). "Histiophrynidae" in FishBase. February 2024 version.
  4. OL 25909650M
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  5. ^ Christopher Scharpf (14 November 2022). "Order LOPHIIFORMES (part 1): Families LOPHIIDAE, ANTENNARIIDAE, TETRABRACHIIDAE, LOPHICHTHYIDAE, BRACHIONICHTHYIDAE, CHAUNACIDAE and OGCOCEPHALIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  6. ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2024). Species of Echinophryne in FishBase. February 2024 version.
  7. ^ a b Dianne J. Bray & Vanessa J. Thompson. "Echinophryne reynoldsi". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  8. ^ a b Dianne J. Bray & Vanessa J. Thompson (2020). "Echinophryne crassispina". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  9. ^ Bray, D.J. (2018). "Echinophryne mitchellii". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
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