Batrachomoeus

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: Batrachomoeus
Species: B. dahli – B. dubius – B. occidentalis – B. rubricephalus – B. trispinosus
Name

Batrachomoeus Ogilby, 1908

Gender: masculine

Type species: Batrachomoeus broadbenti Ogilby, 1908 by subsequent designation of McCulloch, 1929
References

Ogilby, J. D. 1908. Revision of the Batrachoididae of Queensland. Annals of the Queensland Museum No. 9 (pt 2): 43–57.
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
Batrachomoeus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

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English: Toadfish, Frogfish
ไทย: ปลาย่าดุก, ปลาคางคก, ปลาอุบ, ปลาผีหลอก

Batrachomoeus is a genus of toadfishes.
Species

The recognized species in this genus are:[2]

Batrachomoeus dahli (Rendahl (de), 1922) (Dahl's frogfish)
Batrachomoeus dubius (J. White, 1790) (eastern frogfish)
Batrachomoeus occidentalis Hutchins, 1976 (western frogfish)
Batrachomoeus rubricephalus Hutchins, 1976 (pinkhead frogfish)
Batrachomoeus trispinosus (Günther, 1861) (three-spined frogfish)

References

Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Batrachomoeus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Batrachomoeus in FishBase. April 2012 version.