Bocon toadfish

Bocon toadfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Batrachoidiformes
Family: Batrachoididae
Genus: Amphichthys
Species: A. cryptocentrus
Binomial name
Amphichthys cryptocentrus
(Valenciennes, 1837)
Synonyms[1]

Amphichthys hildebrandi (Breder, 1925)
Batrachus cryptocentrus Valenciennes, 1837
Marcgravia cryptocentra (Valenciennes, 1837)
Opsanus hildebrandi Breder, 1925

The Bocon toadfish (Amphichthys cryptocentrus) is a species of tropical toadfish in the family Batrachoididae found along the Caribbean-Atlantic Coast of Central and South America from Panama to Brazil. This species grows to a length of 40 cm (16 in). This species is of minor importance to commercial fisheries.

References

  1. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Amphichthys cryptocentrus" in FishBase. April 2012 version.
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