Mitchell's frogfish
Echinophryne mitchellii
- Usual depth18–195 m
- Water temperature14–18 °C
- Best monthsAugust and November
- How commonRare
About this species
Echinophryne mitchellii, the long-spined frogfish, bristly frogfish, Mitchell's anglerfish, Mitchell's frogfish, prickly angler fish or spinycoat anglerfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Histiophryninae in the family Antennariidae, the frogfishes. These fishes are endemic to the temperate waters of southern Australia.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Echinophryne mitchellii”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 1 records
- March: 1 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 2 records
- September: 1 records
- October: 1 records
- November: 2 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 18–195 m · Deepest record: 195 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 14–18 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Mitchell's frogfish
Other scientific names: Antennarius mitchelli, Antennarius mitchellii, Echinophryne mitchelli, Trichophryne mitchelli
Similar species
Prickly Angler FishEchinophryne crassispina
- Reynold's Anglerfish
Echinophryne reynoldsi
marble-mouthed frogfishLophiocharon lithinostomus
- Glauerts Anglerfish
Allenichthys glauerti
- Bougainville's Anglerfish
Histiophryne bougainvilli
- cryptic frogfish
Histiophryne cryptacanthus
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 27 open-data records from 1895 to 1995.
- Species data updated November 2, 2026.
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