Australian Frogfish

Halophryne diemensis

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth0–52 m
Water temperature23–29 °C
Best monthsSeptember, October, and November
How commonRare

All species

Photo credit: (c) Matt B, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 14 records
February: 10 records
March: 12 records
April: 11 records
May: 8 records
June: 16 records
July: 13 records
August: 26 records
September: 31 records
October: 35 records
November: 38 records
December: 18 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–52 m · Deepest record: 106 m

0–10 m: 36 records
10–20 m: 0 records
20–30 m: 6 records
30–40 m: 4 records
40–50 m: 3 records
50–60 m: 1 records
60–70 m: 2 records
70–80 m: 1 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 2 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 23–29 °C

22–24 °C: 5 records
24–26 °C: 47 records
26–28 °C: 98 records
28–30 °C: 92 records

Photos

Names and classification

English: Australian Frogfish, banded frogfish, banded toadfish, Bastard Stonefish, Devil-fish, Northern Frogfish, Stonefish, Wirrarook

Other scientific names: Batrachoides diemensis

Similar species

Ocellated Frogfish
Halophryne ocellatus
Queensland toadfish
Halophryne queenslandiae
blotchtail toadfish
Batrachomoeus dubius
Pink-headed Frogfish
Batrachomoeus rubricephalus
Broadbent's Frogfish
Batrachomoeus trispinosus
Flat Toadfish
Colletteichthys dussumieri

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.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
289 open-data records from 1890 to 2021.
Species data updated November 3, 2026.

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