Sargassum fish
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The sargassum fish, anglerfish, or frog fish is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Antennariidae, the frogfishes, the only species in the genus Histrio. It lives among Sargass
Histrio histrio
Illustration of a sargassum fish
Anglerfish
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The anglerfish are ray-finned fish in the order Lophiiformes. Both the order's common and scientific name comes from the characteristic mode of predation, in which a modified dorsal fin ray acts as a
Sargassum fish
…Fishes of the World does not recognise subfamilies within the Antennariidae, classifying the family within the suborder Antennarioidei within the order Lophiiformes, the anglerfishes. The sargassum fish has a tautonymous binomial, i.e. both the genus name and the specific name are the same. Histrio means "harlequin", an allusion…
Pediculati plate, Le Règne Animal. Toadfish (Batrachoididae) such as Batrachoides surinamensis (middle) are no longer considered close to anglerfish
Striated frogfish (Antennarius striatus), displaying the worm-like esca at the top left
Skeleton of the anglerfish Lophius piscatorius: The first spine of the dorsal fin of the anglerfish acts like a fishing rod with a lure.