Batrichthys

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: Batrichthys
Species: B. albofasciatus – B. apiatus
Name

Batrichthys Smith, 1934

Gender: masculine

Type species: Batrichthys albofasciatus Smith, 1934, by original designation.
Synonyms

Gymnobatrachus Smith, 1949

References

Smith, J. L. B. 1934. Marine fishes of seven genera new to South Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa v. 22 (pt 1): 89–100, Pls. 5-6.
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
Batrichthys – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Batrichthys is a genus of toadfishes.
Species

The recognized species in this genus are:[2]

Batrichthys albofasciatus J. L. B. Smith, 1934 (white-ribbed toadfish)
Batrichthys apiatus (Valenciennes, 1837) (snakehead toadfish)

References

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