Biology:Porophryne
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Short description: Species of fish
| Porophryne | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Lophiiformes |
| Family: | Antennariidae |
| Genus: | Porophryne R. J. Arnold, R. G. Harcourt & Pietsch, 2014 [1]' |
| Species: | P. erythrodactylus
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| Binomial name | |
| Porophryne erythrodactylus R. J. Arnold, R. G. Harcourt & Pietsch, 2014
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Porophryne erythrodactylus, also known as the red-fingered anglerfish or the Bare Island anglerfish [2] is a species of frogfish endemic to Australia . This species occurs Kurnell and Bare Island in Botany Bay, New South Wales, Australia . This species is the only known member of the genus Porophryne. This genus is a sister genus of Kuiterichthys.[1]
The fish achieves camouflage by looking like the algae-covered sponges found in its rocky, subtidal habitat.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Arnold, R.J.; Harcourt, R.; Pietsch, T.W. (2014). "A New Genus and Species of the Frogfish Family Antennariidae (Teleostei: Lophiiformes: Antennarioidei) from New South Wales, Australia, with a Diagnosis and Key to the Genera of the Histiophryninae". Copeia 2014 (3): 534–539. doi:10.1643/ci-13-155. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/267751462.
- ↑ "Anglerfish | Underwater Research Group of New South Wales". https://www.urgdiveclub.org.au/anglerfish/.
- ↑ Wheeler, Quentin (17 May 2015). "New to nature No 141: Porophryne erythrodactylus". https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/may/17/new-to-nature-no-141-porophryne-erythrodactylus-frogfish. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
Wikidata ☰ Q18389371 entry
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