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Tassled Frogfish
Also known as Anglerfish. Has a prominent U shaped lure on the end of a modified 1st dorsal spine. The pectroral fins are modified for crawling. They have a large extendible mouth and expandable stomachs and suck in fish. Found in the sea water at bottom end of Australia
A moderately large anglerfish with skin densely-covered in long filaments, and a large fishing lure on the head resembling a marine worm. They are carnivorous - ambush predators. Brownish to reddish above with dark and light bars and blotches, pale below.
Similar species: Anglerfishes
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Tasselled Anglerfish, Rhycherus filamentosus (Castelnau 1872)
A moderately large anglerfish with skin densely-covered in long filaments, and a large fishing lure on the head resembling a marine worm. They are carnivorous - ambush predators. Brownish to reddish above with dark and light bars and blotches, pale below.
Tasselled Anglerfishes live on rocky reefs that are covered in macroalgae, at depths of 2-60 m. Although fairly common, the Tasselled Anglerfish is extremely well-camouflaged and not easily seen.
Endemic to temperate waters of southern Australia, from off Lakes Entrance, Victoria, to Point Sinclair, South Australia, and in northern Tasmania.
Like other anglerfishes found in southern Australian waters, females produce large demersal eggs that are protected by her male partner until the young hatch.
http://www.fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/3841
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