Tetrabrachiidae
| Tetrabrachiidae | |
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| Tetrabrachium ocellatum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Lophiiformes |
| Family: | Tetrabrachiidae |
| Genera | |
Tetrabrachiidae, the four-armed frogfishes, is a family of anglerfishes found in relatively shallow waters of the eastern Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean from Indonesia and New Guinea to Australia. They prefer living in regions with the ocean floor composed of soft sediments.
References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). "Tetrabrachiidae" in FishBase. April 2012 version.
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