Cryptic anglerfish
Species of fish
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The 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]
| Cryptic anglerfish | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Lophiiformes |
| Family: | Antennariidae |
| Genus: | Histiophryne |
| Species: | H. cryptacanthus |
| Binomial name | |
| Histiophryne cryptacanthus (M. C. W. Weber, 1913) | |
