''Vladichthys gloverensis'' is a species of
toadfish known only from the
Atlantic Coast of
Belize and
Honduras
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Oce ...
, where it is found on
reefs. This species grows to a standard length of .
The
generic name honours the toadfish expert
Vladimir "Vlad" Walters (1927-1987) while the
specific name Specific name may refer to:
* in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database
In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
denotes Glover's Reef in Belize.
References
Batrachoididae
Monotypic fish genera
Fish described in 1973
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