Queensland frogfish
Histiophryne maggiewalker
- Water temperature23–24 °C
- Best monthsOctober
- How commonRare
About this species
Histiophryne maggiewalker, known as the Queensland frogfish, is a species of fish in the family Antennariidae. It is known only from Australia, where it occurs in shallow inshore waters at a depth range of 7 to 12 m. Males of the species reach 5.5 cm SL, whereas females are slightly larger at up to 6 cm SL. The species was described in 2011 by Rachel Arnold and Theodore Pietsch from six specimens collected in shallow waters off Queensland, and it is named for Maggie Walker, for her service and dedication to science and education at the University of Washington and the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Histiophryne maggiewalker”, 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: 0 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 2 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 23–24 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Queensland frogfish
Similar species
- Bougainville's Anglerfish
Histiophryne bougainvilli
- cryptic frogfish
Histiophryne cryptacanthus
Prickly Angler FishEchinophryne crassispina
marble-mouthed frogfishLophiocharon lithinostomus
- Glauerts Anglerfish
Allenichthys glauerti
- Mitchell's frogfish
Echinophryne mitchellii
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).
- 7 open-data records from 1994 to 2007.
- Species data updated November 3, 2026.
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