Batrachomoeus trispinosus
| Batrachomoeus trispinosus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Batrachoidiformes |
| Family: | Batrachoididae |
| Genus: | Batrachomoeus |
| Species: | B. trispinosus
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| Binomial name | |
| Batrachomoeus trispinosus (Günther, 1861)
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Batrachomoeus trispinosus, the three-spined frogfish or Broadbent's frogfish, is a species of Indo-Pacific toadfish, from the largely Old World subfamily, Halophryninae, of the family Batrachoididae. It is the type species of the genus Batrachomoeus.[2] It is said to be the only fish known to cry like a baby and produce complex non-linear calls. Others fish can only make simple linear sounds but human babies and other mammals use non-linear sounds in their calls, in which other animals associate such non-linear sounds with a sense of emotional urgency.[3]
B. trispinosus is a tropical species which can be found in a variety of habitats including intertidal flats near mangroves, estuaries, and reefs down to depths of 68 metres (223 ft).[4] It is distributed in the eastern Indian and western Pacific Oceans from Thailand to the Arafura Sea between northern Australia and New Guinea, it is found in the Mekong Delta.[1] The alternative common name and the synonym Batrachomoeus broadbenti were coined by Ogilby in honour of the Australian explorer and collector of Australian and New Guinea specimens, Kendall Broadbent.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Batrachomoeus trispinosus" in FishBase. February 2018 version.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Batrachomoeus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
- ^ Lange, Michael Marshall and Catherine de. "Zoologger: The only fish that cries like a baby". New Scientist. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
- ^ Bray, D.J. (2017). "Batrachomoeus trispinosus". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
- ^ J.D. Ogilby (1908). "Revision of the Batrachoididae of Queensland". Annals of the Queensland Museum. 9 (2): 43–57.