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Barchatus
Barchatus is a genus of toadfish native to the western Indian Ocean, Somalia and the Red Sea.
| Barchatus | |
|---|---|
| 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] | |
Species edit
There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Barchatus cirrhosus Klunzinger, 1871
- Barchatus indicus D. W. Greenfield, 2014 [3]
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 and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Barchatus in FishBase. February 2018 version.
- ^ Greenfield, D.W. (2014): A New Toadfish Species from Somalia (Teleostei: Batrachoididae). Copeia, 2014 (4): 668-672.