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.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Anglerfishes
Family: Histiophrynidae
Genus: Echinophryne
Maximum length: 11.1 cm
Water: Marine
Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean: endemic to southern Australia, from Wilson's Promontory, Victoria to Tasmania.

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