Biology:Frilled toadfish

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Frilled toadfish
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Psychrolutidae
Genus: Ambophthalmos
Species:
A. magnicirrus
Binomial name
Ambophthalmos magnicirrus
(J. S. Nelson, 1977)

The frilled toadfish (Ambophthalmos magnicirrus, previously classified as Neophrynichthys magnicirrus[1]) is a fathead sculpin of the family Psychrolutidae, found on the continental shelf around Australia 's Macquarie Island.

References

  1. Keith L. Jackson and Joseph S. Nelson, Ambophthalmos, a new genus for "Neophrynichthys" angustus and "Neophrynichthys" magnicirrus, and the systematic interrelationships of the fathead sculpins (Cottoidei, Psychrolutidae), Can. J. Zool. 76(7): 1344–1357 (1998), doi:10.1139/cjz-76-7-1344.
  • Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Ambophthalmos magnicirrus" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
  • Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN:0-00-216987-8

Wikidata ☰ Q2466708 entry