The cryptic anglerfish (''Histiophryne cryptacanthus'') is a frogfish found in waters ranging from

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

to South Australia. There are an estimated 75 specimens known. The luring

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on its forehead is reduced to nearly nothing.

References

* Rodless Anglerfish, Histiophryne narungga (Arnold & Pietsch 2018) @ fishesofaustralia.net.au
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