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Banded toadfish

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Banded toadfish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Batrachoidiformes
Family: Batrachoididae
Subfamily: Porichthyinae
Genus: Aphos
C. L. Hubbs & L. P. Schultz, 1939
Species:
A. porosus
Binomial name
Aphos porosus
(Valenciennes, 1837)
Synonyms[2]

The banded toadfish (Aphos porosus) is a species of toadfish found along the Pacific coast of South America where it is found in Chile, Ecuador and Peru. This species grows to a length of 28 centimetres (11 in) TL. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Aphos.[2] Unlike the other genus, Porichthys in this subfamily the banded toadfish lacks photophores.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Collette, B.; Acero, A. & Betancur, R. (2010). "Aphos porosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T183734A8166907. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T183734A8166907.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Aphos porosus". FishBase. April 2012 version.
  3. ^ David W. Greenfield; Richard Winterbottom & Bruce Baden Collette (2008). "Review of the toadfish genera (Teleostei: Batrachoididae)". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 4. 59 (15): 665–710.