Toadfishes
Batrachoididae
Batrachoididae is the only family in the ray-finned fish order Batrachoidiformes. Members of this family are usually called toadfish, or "frogfish": both the English common name and scientific name refer to their toad-like appearance (batrakhos is Greek for frog).
4 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 84 known species
Batrachoidinae
subfamilyBatrachoidinae
Midshipman Fishes
subfamilyPorichthyinae
Old World Threespine Toadfishes
subfamilyHalophryninae
Venomous Toadfishes
subfamilyThalassophryninae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 51374.