Echinophryne crassispina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Lophiiformes
Family: Antennariidae
Genus: Echinophryne
Species:
E. crassispina
Binomial name
Echinophryne crassispina

Echinophryne crassispina,[1] known as the prickly anglerfish,[2] is a species of fish in the family Antennariidae.[2] It was first described in 1918 by Alan Riverstone McCulloch and Edgar Ravenswood Waite from a specimen collected in Spencer Gulf.[2][3]

It is endemic to southern Australia, where it ranges from Kangaroo Island to Tasmania. It is a temperate fish native to inshore reefs,[4] and it reaches 7.0 cm (2.8 inches) in total length.[4]

References

  1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Echinophryne crassispina McCulloch & Waite, 1918". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
  2. 1 2 3 "Australian Faunal Directory: Echinophryne crassispina". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2022-09-18.
  3. Allan R. McCullock; Edgar R. Waite (1918). "Some new and little known fishes from South Australia". Records of the South Australian Museum. 1: 39-78 [67, pl. 6, fig. 2]. ISSN 0376-2750. Wikidata Q114038914.
  4. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2021). "Echinophryne crassispina". FishBase.


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