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Prickly Footballfish

Reference

IB1157

Category

Fishes

Family Name

Footballfishes - HIMANTOLOPHIDAE

Common Name

Prickly Footballfish

Scientific Name

Himantolophus appelii

Artist Name

Roger Swainston

Notes

In the Prickly Footballfish this lure resembles a small squid. Like most deepsea Anglerfishes, Footballfishes can control the amount of light emitted from the esca by expanding or contracting the black pigment around it.

Source : Swainston’s Fishes of Australia

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