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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.

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It sits within the topics Batrachoididae and Taxa named by Albert Günther.

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GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderBatrachoidiformes
  5. FamilyBatrachoididae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater

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Specimen records
5
Family
Batrachoididae
Collections
CUMV, CAS, USNM, NHMUK
Recorded in
Panama, Brazil, Colombia

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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.

==Species== There are currently six recognized species in this genus: Thalassophryne amazonica Steindachner, 1876 Thalassophryne maculosa Günther, 1861 (Cano toadfish) Thalassophryne megalops B. A. Bean & A. C. Weed, 1910 Thalassophryne montevidensis (C. Berg (es), 1893) Thalassophryne nattereri Steindachner, 1876 Thalassophryne punctata Steindachner, 1876

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