Queensland toadfish
Halophryne queenslandiae
- Water temperature22–27 °C
- Best monthsFebruary, May, and October
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 1 records
- February: 2 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 3 records
- June: 2 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 1 records
- October: 3 records
- November: 1 records
- December: 2 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 22–27 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Queensland toadfish, Sculptured Frogfish, Southern Frogfish
Other scientific names: Porichthys queenslandiae, Poricthys queenslandiae
Similar species
Australian FrogfishHalophryne diemensis
- Ocellated Frogfish
Halophryne ocellatus
blotchtail toadfishBatrachomoeus dubius
Pink-headed FrogfishBatrachomoeus rubricephalus
Broadbent's FrogfishBatrachomoeus trispinosus
Flat ToadfishColletteichthys 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).
- 20 open-data records from 1956 to 2005.
- Species data updated November 3, 2026.
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