薄躄鱼属(学名:Histiophryne)是躄鱼科的一个属,其下的鱼类分布于台湾到南澳大利亚的海域。该属鱼类与其他躄鱼科最大的不同在于它们的吻触手不明显、甚至完全消失。它们的第二和第三个背鳍也已经退化成背部隆块。但后面的背鳍一直延伸到尾部。[1]
该属共有五个种:[2][3]
- 鮑氏薄躄魚 Histiophryne bougainvilli (Valenciennes, 1837)
- 隱棘薄躄魚 Histiophryne cryptacanthus (M. C. W. Weber, 1913)
- 烏身薄躄魚 Histiophryne maggiewalker R. J. Arnold & Pietsch, 2011[4]
- Histiophryne narungga Arnold & Pietsch, 2018[5]
- 夜遊薄躄魚 Histiophryne pogonius R. J. Arnold, 2012[3]
- 迷幻躄鱼 Histiophryne psychedelica Pietsch, R. J. Arnold & D. J. Hall, 2009
Arnold, R.J. (2012). "A new species of frogfish of the genus Histiophyrne (Teleostei: Lophiiformes: Antennariidae) from Lombok and Komodo, Indonesia." Zootaxa 3253: 62-68.
Arnold, R.J. & Pietsch, T.W. (2011). "A new species of frogfish of the genus Histiophryne (Teleostei: Lophiiformes: Antennariidae) from Queensland, Australia." Zootaxa 2925: 63-68.
Rachel J. Arnold and Theodore W. Pietsch. 2018. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: A New Species of the Frogfish Genus Histiophryne Gill (Lophiiformes: Antennariidae: Histiophryninae) from Western and South Australia, with A Revised Key to Congeners. Copeia. 106(4); 622-631. DOI: 10.1643/CI-18-112