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 (batrakhos is Greek for frog).

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species of fish

Batrachoides is a genus of toadfishes.

species of fish

Allenbatrachus is a genus of toadfishes found in the Indian and western Pacific Oceans. The generic name honours the Humboldt State University ichthyologist George Allen (1923-2011), who introduced David Greenfield, who coined the name, to ichthyology.

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Batrachomoeus is a genus of toadfishes.

Amphichthys is a genus of toadfishes found in the western Atlantic Ocean.

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Sanopus is a genus of toadfishes restricted to the Atlantic coast of Central America and Mexico.

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Opsanus is a genus of toadfishes found in the western Atlantic Ocean. It currently has six recognised species, with the latest one described in 2005.

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species of fish

Chatrabus is a genus of toadfishes native to the coast of southern Africa.

Halophryne is a genus of toadfishes found in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

Batrichthys is a genus of toadfishes.

Thalassophryne is a genus of toadfishes found in the western Atlantic Ocean with one species (T. amazonica) found in the Amazon River and some of its tributaries.

Perulibatrachus is a genus of toadfishes known from the Indian and Atlantic Oceans.

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species of fish

Daector is a genus of toadfishes, with three species found along the Pacific Coast of Central America (one, D. dowi, reaches the Peruvian Coast of South America) and two species, D. gerringi and D. quadrizonatus, are found in South American rivers.

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species of fish

species of fish

Triathalassothia is a genus of toadfishes found in the southwest Atlantic Ocean.

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species of fish

species of fish

species of fish

Austrobatrachus is a genus of toadfishes found in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans off the coast of South Africa.

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Colletteichthys is a genus of toadfishes found in the western Indian Ocean. The generic name is a compound of the surname Collette, in honour of the American ichthyologist Bruce Baden Collette to recognise his contribution to the study of toadfish, and the Greek ichthys meaning "fish".

Batrachoidinae is a subfamily of toadfish in the family Batrachoididae. It contains 25 species in the following 6 genera:

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species of fish

species of fish

Barchatus is a genus of toadfish native to the western Indian Ocean, Somalia and the Red Sea.