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Spinycoat anglerfish (Echinophryne mitchellii)
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Ecological Illustration of Spinycoat anglerfish (Echinophryne mitchellii)
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Histiophrynidae

Spinycoat anglerfish

Echinophryne mitchellii

Body covered in spines

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

Echinophryne mitchellii, the long-spined frogfish, bristly frogfish, Mitchell's anglerfish, Mitchell's frogfish, prickly angler fish or spinycoat 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.

Water type
Marine
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