Australia country information

Common names: Tasselled angler, Tasselled anglerfish, Tasselled frogfish
Occurrence: endemic
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality, Gulf of St. Vincent, South Australia, MNHP A.4617 (holotype of Chironectes filamentosus) (Ref. 75154). Known from Port Lincoln, South Australia (135°52'E) to Wilson's Promontory, Victoria (146°22'E), including Tasmania (Ref. 7300, 75154).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.csiro.au/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Hoese, D.F., D.J. Bray, J.R. Paxton and G.R. Allen, 2006
National Database:

Common names from other countries

穗躄鱼, Frynset tudsefisk, Tasselled angler, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Lophiiformes (Anglerfishes) > Rhycheridae (Balrog frogfishes)
Etymology: More on author: Castelnau.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 0 - 60 m (Ref. 75154). Temperate; 35°S - 47°S, 130°E - 149°E (Ref. 57387)

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Rhycherus filamentosus (Castelnau, 1872)

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology