Barchatus
Appearance
Barchatus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Batrachoidiformes |
Family: | Batrachoididae |
Subfamily: | Halophryninae |
Genus: | Barchatus J. L. B. Smith, 1952 |
Type species | |
Batrachus cirrhosis Klunzinger 1871[1]
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Barchatus is a genus of toadfish native to the western Indian Ocean, Somalia and the Red Sea.
Species
[edit]There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus:[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Barchatus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Barchatus". FishBase. February 2018 version.
- ^ Greenfield, D.W. (2014): A New Toadfish Species from Somalia (Teleostei: Batrachoididae). Copeia, 2014 (4): 668-672.