Tetrabrachium
Appearance
Four-armed frogfish | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Lophiiformes |
Family: | Tetrabrachiidae |
Genus: | Tetrabrachium Günther, 1880 |
Species: | T. ocellatum
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Binomial name | |
Tetrabrachium ocellatum Günther, 1880
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Tetrabrachium ocellatum (four-armed frogfish) is a species of anglerfish, closely related to the true frogfishes. It is the only member of its genus.
Like the true frogfishes, it is a small fish, no more than 7 centimetres (2.8 in) in length, with a flattened body and loose skin. It has prehensile pectoral fins, helping it to move along the seabed, and giving it its "four-armed" appearance. It lives in shallow waters, around 50 metres (160 ft) depth, off the coasts of New Guinea, Indonesia, and Australia.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Tetrabrachium ocellatum". FishBase. April 2012 version.