Austrobatrachus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
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: Austrobatrachus
Species (2): A. foedus – A. iselesele

Check: A. dussumieri
Name

Austrobatrachus Smith, 1949

Gender: masculine

Type species: Pseudobatrachus foedus Smith, 1947 by original designation.
Primary references

Smith, J.L.B. 1949: The sea fishes of southern Africa. Central News Agency, Ltd., Cape Town. The sea fishes of southern Africa.: 1–550, 102 pls.

Links

Austrobatrachus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Austrobatrachus is a genus of toadfishes found in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans off the coast of South Africa.
Species

The recognized species in this genus are:[1][2]

Austrobatrachus foedus (J. L. B. Smith, 1947) (puzzled toadfish)
Austrobatrachus iselesele D. W. Greenfield, 2012

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Austrobatrachus in FishBase. June 2012 version.
Greenfield, D.W. (2012): Austrobatrachus iselesele, a new toadfish species from South Africa (Teleostei: Batrachoididae). Zootaxa, 3400: 58–63.

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