Batrachoidinae is a subfamily of
toadfish
Toadfish is the common name for a variety of species from several different families of fish, usually because of their toad-like appearance. "Dogfish" is a name for certain species along the gulf coast.
Dolphin-Toadfish relationship
Toadfish mak ...
in the family
Batrachoididae
Batrachoididae is the only family in the ray-finned fish order Batrachoidiformes . Members of this family are usually called toadfish, or "frogfish": both the English common name and scientific name refer to their toad-like appearance (''batrakh ...
. It contains 25 species in the following 6 genera:
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Amphichthys'' (2 species)
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Batrachoides'' (9 species)
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Opsanus'' (6 species)
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Potamobatrachus'' (1 species)
* ''
Sanopus'' (6 species)
* ''
Vladichthys'' (1 species)
References
Batrachoididae
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