Histiophrynidae

Prickly anglerfish

Echinophryne crassispina

Seven Centimeters Anglerfish from the Indian Ocean

• Temperate
• Island endemic
• Island endemic species
• Local endemic species
• Restricted distribution
• Marine fish
• Indian Ocean
• Oceania
• Small
• Temperate fish

Echinophryne crassispina, the prickly anglerfish, prickly frogfish or thick-spined anglerfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Histiophryninae in the family Antennariidae, the frogfishes. These fishes are endemic to the temperate waters of southern Australia.