Genus Histiophryne

Summary:
The genus Histiophryne is characterised by having the second and third dorsal-fin spines showing only as low protruberances on the top of the head, and the posterior-most margin of the dorsal and anal fins extending beyond the base of the caudal fin.
Author: Bray, D.J. 2018

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Bray, D.J. 2018, Histiophryne in Fishes of Australia, accessed 20 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/genus/680

References

Arnold, R. & Pietsch, T.W. 2011. A new species of frogfish of the genus Histiophryne (Teleostei: Lophiiformes: Antennariidae) from Queensland, Australia. Zootaxa 2925: 63-68.

Arnold, R.J. & Pietsch, T.W. 2018. Fantastic beasts and where to find them: a new species of the frogfish genus Histiophryne Gill (Lophiiformes: Antennariidae: Histiophryninae) from Western and South Australia, with a revised key to congeners. Copeia 106(4): 622-631 https://doi.org/10.1643/CI-18-112

Pietsch, T.W. 1984. The genera of frogfishes (family Antennariidae). Copeia 1984(1): 27-44.

Pietsch, T.W., Arnold, R.J. & Hall, D.W. 2009. A bizarre new species of frogfish of the genus Histiophryne from Ambon and Bali, Indonesia. Copeia 2009: 37−45.

Pietsch, T.W. & D.B. Grobecker. 1987. Frogfishes of the World. Systematics, Zoogeography, and Behavioural Ecology. Stanford University Press. 420 pp.