Banded toadfish
Appearance
Banded toadfish | |
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Scientific 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
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Binomial name | |
Aphos porosus (Valenciennes, 1837)
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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]
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References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Aphos porosus". FishBase. April 2012 version.
- ^ 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.
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