Echinophryne

Echinophryne is a small genus of frogfishes.

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

E.crassispina
E. mitchellii
E. reynoldsi

Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Echinophryne crassispina McCulloch & Waite, 1918 (Prickly anglerfish)
  • Echinophryne mitchellii Morton, 1897 (Long-spined anglerfish)
  • Echinophryne reynoldsi Pietsch & Kuiter, 1984 (Sponge anglerfish)

References
  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Echinophryne in FishBase. April 2012 version.


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