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Bocon toadfish

Amphichthys cryptocentrus

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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: Batrachoidinae
Genus: Amphichthys
Species: A. cryptocentrus – A. rubigenis
Name

Amphichthys Swainson, 1839

Gender: masculine

Type species: Amphichthys rubigenes Swainson, 1839 by monotypy.
References

Swainson, W. 1839. The natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals. Spottiswoode & Co., London.
Amphichthys – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Amphichthys in the World Register of Marine Species

Vernacular names
English: Bocon Toadfish
русский: Амфихт
中文: 吻雙蟾魚

Amphichthys is a genus of toadfishes found in the western Atlantic Ocean.
Species

The recognized species in this genus are:[1]

Amphichthys cryptocentrus (Valenciennes, 1837) (Bocon toadfish)
Amphichthys rubigenis Swainson, 1839

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Amphichthys in FishBase. April 2012 version.

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