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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