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: Chatrabus
Species: C. damaranus – C. felinus – C. hendersoni – C. melanurus – †C. weileri
Name
Chatrabus Smith, 1949
Gender: masculine
Type species: Batrachoides melanurus Barnard, 1927, by original designation.
Synonyms
Tharbacus Smith, 1952
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.
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
Links
Chatrabus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Chatrabus melanurus
Chatrabus is a genus of toadfishes native to the coast of southern Africa.
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[2]
Chatrabus felinus (J. L. B. Smith, 1952) (Pleated toadfish)
Chatrabus hendersoni (J. L. B. Smith, 1952) (Chocolate toadfish)
Chatrabus melanurus (Barnard, 1927) (Pony toadfish)
References
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Chatrabus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Chatrabus in FishBase. April 2012 version.
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