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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Batrachoidaria
Ordo: Batrachoidiformes

Familia: Batrachoididae
Subfamilia: Halophryninae
Genus: Allenbatrachus
Species: A. grunniens – A. meridionalis – A. reticulatus
Name

Allenbatrachus Greenfield, 1997

Gender: masculine

Type species: Cottus grunniens Linnaeus, 1758 by original designation.
References

Greenfield, D. W. & W. L. Smith, 2004. Allenbatrachus meridionalis, a new toadfish (Batrachoididae) from Madagascar and Reunion. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences v. 55 (no. 30): 568–572.
Allenbatrachus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Allenbatrachus in the World Register of Marine Species

Vernacular names
中文: 奇蟾魚屬

Allenbatrachus is a genus of toadfishes found in the Indian and western Pacific Oceans. The generic name honours the Humboldt State University ichthyologist George Allen (1923-2011), who introduced David Greenfield, who coined the name, to ichthyology.[2]
Species

The recognized species in this genus are:[3]

Allenbatrachus grunniens (Linnaeus, 1758) (grunting toadfish)
Allenbatrachus meridionalis D. W. Greenfield & W. L. Smith, 2004
Allenbatrachus reticulatus (Steindachner, 1870)

References

Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Allenbatrachus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (26 July 2017). "Order BATRACHOIDIFORMES (Toadfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Allenbatrachus in FishBase. April 2012 version.

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