Barchatus

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: Barchatus
Species: B. cirrhosus – B. indicus
Name

Barchatus Smith, 1952

Gender: masculine

Type species: Batrachus cirrhosus Klunzinger, 1871 by original designation and monotypy.
References

Smith, J. L. B. 1952. The fishes of the family Batrachoididae from South and East Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 12) v. 5 (no. 52): 313–339.
Greenfield, D.W. 2014: A New Toadfish Species from Somalia (Teleostei: Batrachoididae). Copeia 2014(4): 668–672. Abstract Reference page.
Greenfield, D.W., R. Winterbottom, and B.B. Collette. 2008. Review of the toadfish genera (Teleostei: Batrachoididae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series, 59(15): 665–710
Barchatus in the World Register of Marine Species

Barchatus is a genus of toadfish native to the western Indian Ocean, Somalia and the Red Sea.
Species

There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus:[2]

Barchatus cirrhosus Klunzinger, 1871
Barchatus indicus D. W. Greenfield, 2014 [3]

References

Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Barchatus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Barchatus in FishBase. February 2018 version.
Greenfield, D.W. (2014): A New Toadfish Species from Somalia (Teleostei: Batrachoididae). Copeia, 2014 (4): 668-672.