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Opsanus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Batrachoididae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Toadfish

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Scientific name
  
Opsanus

Rank
  
Genus

Opsanus Fishes of Texas Opsanus beta

Similar
  
Oyster toadfish, Toadfish, Batrachoididae, Midshipman fish, Porichthys notatus

Gulf toadfish opsanus beta


Opsanus is a genus of toadfishes found in the western Atlantic Ocean. It currently has six recognised species, with the latest one described in 2005.

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Opsanus ADW Opsanus tau PICTURES

Oyster toadfish opsanus tau


Species

The recognized species in this genus are:

Opsanus Shorefishes The Fishes Species

  • Opsanus beta (Goode & T. H. Bean, 1880) (Gulf toadfish)
  • Opsanus brasiliensis Rotundo, Spinelli & Zavala-Camin, 2005 (considered by some sources to be a junior synonym of O. tau)
  • Opsanus dichrostomus Collette, 2001 (bicolor toadfish)
  • Opsanus pardus (Goode & T. H. Bean, 1880) (leopard toadfish)
  • Opsanus phobetron Walters & C. R. Robins, 1961 (scarecrow toadfish)
  • Opsanus tau (Linnaeus, 1766) (oyster toadfish)

    • Opsanus Opsanus tau Oyster Toadfish EricksonSmith Flickr

    Opsanus httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommons88

    Opsanus Gulf Toadfish Opsanus beta

    Opsanus FileOpsanus taujpg Wikimedia Commons

    References

    Opsanus Wikipedia
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