Cryptic Anglerfish
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Cryptic Anglerfish is a frogfish
found in waters ranging from Taiwan
to South Australia. There are an estimated 75 specimens known. The luring appendage
on its forehead is reduced to nearly nothing.
Frogfish
Frogfishes, family Antennariidae, are a type of anglerfish in the order Lophiiformes. They are known as anglerfishes in Australia, where 'frogfish' refers to a different type of fish...
found in waters ranging from Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
to South Australia. There are an estimated 75 specimens known. The luring appendage
Appendage
In invertebrate biology, an appendage is an external body part, or natural prolongation, that protrudes from an organism's body . It is a general term that covers any of the homologous body parts that may extend from a body segment...
on its forehead is reduced to nearly nothing.