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 | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Lophiiformes |
| Family: | Antennariidae |
| Genus: | Histiophryne |
| Species: | H. cryptacanthus
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| Binomial name | |
| Histiophryne cryptacanthus (M. C. W. Weber, 1913)
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References
edit- ^ Pietsch, T.; Arnold, R. & Hall, D. (2009). "A bizarre new species of frogfish of the genus Histiophryne (Lophiiformes: Antennariidae) from Ambon and Bali, Indonesia". American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved March 1, 2009.
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