Histiophryne cryptacanthus Cryptic anglerfish

Histiophryne cryptacanthus is commonly referred to as Cryptic anglerfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not for beginners. A aquarium size of at least 300 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

4423 

AphiaID:

281081 

Scientific:

Histiophryne cryptacanthus 

German:

Anglerfisch 

English:

Cryptic Anglerfish 

Category:

Frogfishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Lophiiformes (Order) > Antennariidae (Family) > Histiophryne (Genus) > cryptacanthus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Weber, ), 1913 

Occurrence:

Australia, Indonesia, New South Wales (Australia), Papua, Philippines, Raja Amat, South Australia, Taiwan, Timor, Western Australia, Western Pacific Ocean 

Sea depth:

5 - 130 Meter 

Size:

up to 3.54" (9 cm) 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 78.8 °F (23°C - 26°C) 

Food:

Fish (little fishes), Schrimps 

Tank:

65.99 gal (~ 300L)  

Difficulty:

Not for beginners 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Histiophryne bougainvilli
• 
  Histiophryne cryptacanthus
  Anglerfisch
• Histiophryne maggiewalker
• Histiophryne pogonius
• 
  Histiophryne psychedelica
  Psychedelischer Anglerfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2012-06-18 09:43:51 

Last edit:

2019-12-22 22:23:58 

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