Biology:Pale toadfish

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

The pale toadfish (Ambophthalmos angustus, previously classified as Neophrynichthys angustus[1]) is a fathead sculpin of the family Psychrolutidae, found on the continental shelf around New Zealand, between 250 and 1,000 metres deep. It is up to 30 cm long.

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 angustus" 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 ☰ Q2405943 entry