Dark toadfish

Dark toadfish
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Psychrolutidae
Genus: Neophrynichthys
Species: N. latus
Binomial name
Neophrynichthys latus
(F. W. Hutton, 1875)

The dark toadfish, Neophrynichthys latus, is a fathead of the family Psychrolutidae, found on the continental shelf around New Zealand.

References

    • Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Neophrynichthys latus" 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
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