Balrog Frogfishes
Rhycherinae
Rhycherus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the subfamily Histiophryninae in the family Antennariidae, the frogfishes. The fishes in this genus are endemic to the waters off Australia. This genus is classified in the monogeneric family Rhycheridae, the Balrog frogfishes, by some authorities.
6 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first · about 10 known species
Porophryne
genusPorophryne
Rhycherus
genusRhycherus
Echinophryne
genusEchinophryne
Phyllophryne
genusPhyllophryne
Allenichthys
genusAllenichthys
Kuiterichthys
genusKuiterichthys
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1630719.