Histrio histrio (*) Cladus: Eukaryota Name Histrio histrio (Linnaeus, 1758) Synonyms * Lophius histrio Linnaeus, 1758
* Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema Naturae, Ed. X. (Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata.) Holmiae. Systema Naturae, Ed. X. v. 1: i-ii + 1-824.
* Histrio histrio Report on ITIS
The sargassumfish, Histrio histrio (literally, "the actor"), is a frogfish of the family Antennariidae, the only species in its genus. It lives among sargassum weed which floats in subtropical oceans. Its length can reach 20 centimeters (7.9 in). Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). Species of Histrio in FishBase. May 2006 version.
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