Perulibatrachus

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: Perulibatrachus
Species: P. aquilonarius – P. elminensis – P. kilburni – P. rossignoli
Name

Perulibatrachus Roux & Whitley, 1972

Gender: masculine

Type species: Batrachus elminensis Bleeker, 1863, a replacement name for Parabatrachus Roux, 1971, preoccupied by Parabatrachus Owen, 1853 in fossil fishes.
Synonyms

Parabatrachus Roux, 1971

References

Roux, C. & G. P. Whitley, 1972. Perulibatrachus, nouveau nom de genre de poissons téléostéens de la famille des Batrachoididae, en remplacement de Parabatrachus Roux, 1970. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle Zoologie No. 6 [1971]: 349–350.
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
Perulibatrachus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Perulibatrachus is a genus of toadfishes known from the Indian and Atlantic Oceans.
Species

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

Perulibatrachus aquilonarius D. W. Greenfield, 2005
Perulibatrachus elminensis (Bleeker, 1863) (Guinean toadfish)
Perulibatrachus kilburni D. W. Greenfield, 1996
Perulibatrachus rossignoli (C. Roux, 1957) (Rossignol's toadfish)

References

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