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Sponge anglerfish

Echinophryne reynoldsi Pietsch & Kuiter, 1984

Status not recordedbony fish

The sponge anglerfish (Echinophryne reynoldsi) is a species in the family Histiophrynidae, order Lophiiformes.

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Quick facts about the sponge anglerfish

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the sponge anglerfish live?

Not recorded

Is the sponge anglerfish endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the sponge anglerfish classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderLophiiformes
  5. familyHistiophrynidae
  6. genusEchinophryne
  7. SpeciesEchinophryne reynoldsi Pietsch & Kuiter, 1984
Other names and names in other languages (4)
  • Reynold's anglerfishEnglish
  • Reynold's frogfishEnglish
  • rozedranec ReynoldsůvCzech
  • Peixe-sapo-esponjaPortuguese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the sponge anglerfish

Other species in the same genus Echinophryne.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the sponge anglerfish?

The sponge anglerfish (Echinophryne reynoldsi) belongs to the family Histiophrynidae in the order Lophiiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Sponge anglerfish (Echinophryne reynoldsi). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/sponge-anglerfish

MLA

“Sponge anglerfish (Echinophryne reynoldsi).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/sponge-anglerfish.

BibTeX
@misc{sponge_anglerfish_2026,
  title = {Sponge anglerfish (Echinophryne reynoldsi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/sponge-anglerfish},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}