Biology:Echinophryne crassispina
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Short description: Species of fish
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Lophiiformes |
| Family: | Antennariidae |
| Genus: | Echinophryne |
| Species: | E. crassispina
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| Echinophryne crassispina McCulloch & Waite, 1918
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Echinophryne crassispina,[1] known as the prickly anglerfish,[2] is a species of fish in the family Antennariidae.[2] It was first described in 1918 by Alan Riverstone McCulloch and Edgar Ravenswood Waite from a specimen collected in Spencer Gulf.[2][3]
It is endemic to southern Australia , where it ranges from Kangaroo Island to Tasmania. It is a temperate fish native to inshore reefs,[4] and it reaches 7.0 cm (2.8 inches) in total length.[4]
References
- ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Echinophryne crassispina McCulloch & Waite, 1918". https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=280584.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Australian Faunal Directory: Echinophryne crassispina" (in en). https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Echinophryne_crassispina.
- ↑ , pp. 39-78 [67, pl. 6, fig. 2], https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29243552, Wikidata Q114038914
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds (2021). "Echinophryne crassispina". https://www.fishbase.de/summary/Echinophryne-crassispina.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q2298767 entry
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