ANIMAL SPECIES:Glover's Anglerfish, Rhycherus gloveri Pietsch, 1984
It was named in honour of Dr C.J.M. Glover (1935-1992), who was the Ichthyologist at the South Australian Museum for 27 years, from 1964 until his retirement in 1991.
Identification
Glover's Anglerfish is covered with fleshy tentacles. It lacks scales. The dorsal fin comprises three spines, the first of which (the illicium) has a tapering esca that resembles a small crustacean. The esca has a v-shaped depression along its inner margin with a cluster of long filaments basally and shorter filaments distally. The three spines are followed by 12 to 13 rays.
The species is light to dark brown dorsally, often with three dark bars on the sides of the body.
Glover's Anglerfish looks similar to the Tasselled Anglerfish. They can be separated by the shape of their escas and length of the illicium, which is longer in the Tasselled Anglerfish.
Size range
It grows to about 16 cm in length.Distribution
Glover's Anglerfish is endemic to Australia, occurring in coastal rocky reefs from eastern South Australia to south-western Western Australia.
Classification
- Species:
- gloveri
- Genus:
- Rhycherus
- Family:
- Antennariidae
- Class:
- Actinopterygii
References
- Pietsch, T.W. 1984. A Review of the Frogfish Genus Rhycherus with the description of a New Species from Western and Southern Australia. Copeia. 1: 68-72.
- Pietsch, T.W. in Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & R.H. Kuiter (Eds). 1994. The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. State Print, Adelaide. Pp. 992.
- Pietsch, T.W. & D.B. Grobecker. 1987. Frogfishes of the World. Systematics, Zoogeography, and Behavioural Ecology. Stanford University Press. Pp. 420.
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A Glover's Anglerfish under Port Hughes Pier View full size
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Lateral view of the Glover's Anglerfish View full size
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Frontal view of the Glover's Anglerfish View full size
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Esca of the Glover's Anglerfish View full size
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