Frilled Toadfish, Ambophthalmos magnicirrus (Nelson 1977)

Summary:

Found around Macquarie Island in the Southern Ocean.

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Frilled Toadfish, Ambophthalmos magnicirrus (Nelson 1977)

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Distribution	Found around Macquarie Island in the Southern Ocean.
Etymology	The species name magnicirrus is from the Latin magnus meaning 'large' and cirrus meaning 'a frill', in reference to the fleshy appendages on the head.
Author	Dianne J. Bray

Frilled Toadfish, Ambophthalmos magnicirrus (Nelson 1977)

References

Jackson, K.L. & J.S. Nelson. 1999. Ambophthalmos eurystigmatephoros: a new species of fathead sculpin (Scorpaeniformes: Psychrolutidae) from New Zealand. Copeia 1999(2): 428-433.

Jackson, K.L. & J.S. Nelson. 1998. Ambophthalmos, a new genus for "Neophrynichthys" angustus and "Neophrynichthys" magnicirus, and the systematic interrelationships of the fathead sculpins (Cottoidei, Psychrolutidae). Can. J. Zool. 76: 1344-1357.

Nelson, J. S. 1977. Fishes of the Southern Hemisphere genus Neophrynichthys (Scorpaeniformes: Cottidei), with descriptions of two new species from New Zealand and Macquarie Island. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 7(4): 485-511.