Biology:Barchatus

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Barchatus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Batrachoidiformes
Family: Batrachoididae
Subfamily: Halophryninae
Genus: Barchatus
J. L. B. Smith, 1952
Type species
Batrachus cirrhosis
Klunzinger 1871[1]

Barchatus is a genus of toadfish native to the western Indian Ocean, Somalia and the Red Sea.

Species

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

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Barchatus". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=6104. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Barchatus in FishBase. February 2018 version.
  3. Greenfield, D.W. (2014): A New Toadfish Species from Somalia (Teleostei: Batrachoididae). Copeia, 2014 (4): 668-672.

Wikidata ☰ Q18175656 entry