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Toadfish

Common name used for fish

Common name used for fish

Toadfish is the common name for a variety of species from several different families of fish, usually because of their toad-like appearance or calls using their swimbladder.

File:OysterToadfish.jpeg|The oyster toadfish (Opsanus tau) is one of the Batrachoididae File:Tetractenos glaber.JPG|Smooth toadfish, Tetractenos glaber (Tetraodontidae) File:Neophrynichthys latus (Dark toadfish).gif|Dark toadfish, Neophrynichthys latus (Psychrolutidae)

Batrachoididae

The entire family Batrachoididae are typically called toadfishes. They are benthic ambush predators, known for their ability to produce sound with their swim bladders; the midshipmen are especially well-known for this ability.

Tetraodontidae

The name toadfish is applied to some species of the family Tetraodontidae, including:

  • The banded toadfish, Torquigener pleurogramma (Australia)
  • The blackspotted toadfish, Arothron nigropunctatus (tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans)
  • The common toadfish (or toadfish), Tetractenos hamiltoni (Australia and New Zealand)
  • The prickly toadfish, shared by Contusus richei (Australia and New Zealand) and Contusus brevicaudus (Australia)
  • The red striped toadfish, Tetraodon erythrotaenia (Indonesia and Papua New Guinea)
  • The silver-cheeked toadfish, Lagocephalus sceleratus (tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans, invasive in the Mediterranean Sea)
  • The smooth toadfish, Tetractenos glaber (Australia)

Psychrolutidae

The name toadfish is also applied to some sculpin species of the family Psychrolutidae:

  • The dark toadfish, Neophrynichthys latus (New Zealand)
  • The frilled toadfish, Ambophthalmos magnicirrus (Macquarie Island)
  • The pale toadfish, Ambophthalmos angustus (New Zealand)

Gobiidae

  • The toadfish goby, Cryptopsilotris batrachodes (Atlantic Ocean)
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