Batrachoides
Genus of fishes
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Batrachoides is a genus of toadfishes.
| Batrachoides | |
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| Pacuma toadfish (B. surinamensis) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Batrachoidiformes |
| Family: | Batrachoididae |
| Subfamily: | Batrachoidinae |
| Genus: | Batrachoides Lacépède, 1800 |
| Type species | |
| Batrachoides tau Lacepède 1800[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Batrachus Bloch & Schneider, 1801[2] | |
Species
The recognized species in this genus are:[3]
- Batrachoides boulengeri C. H. Gilbert & Starks, 1904 (Boulenger's toadfish)
- Batrachoides gilberti Meek & Hildebrand, 1928 (large-eye toadfish)
- Batrachoides goldmani Evermann & Goldsborough, 1902 (Mexican freshwater toadfish)
- Batrachoides liberiensis (Steindachner, 1867) (hairy toadfish)
- Batrachoides manglae Cervigón, 1964 (cotuero toadfish)
- Batrachoides pacifici (Günther, 1861) (Pacific toadfish)
- Batrachoides surinamensis (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (Pacuma toadfish)
- Batrachoides walkeri Collette & Russo, 1981 (Walker's toadfish)
- Batrachoides waltersi Collette & Russo, 1981 (Walters' toadfish)