Barchatus

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

Barchatus
Scientific classification
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]

Species

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

References

  1. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Barchatus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  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.


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