Toadfish goby
The toadfish goby (Cryptopsilotris batrachodes) is a species of bony fish in the family Gobiidae which is found in areas of sandy substrates among coral reefs.[2] It occurs in the western Atlantic Ocean from the Bahamas south through the Caribbean Sea as well as along the Central and South American coast from Belize to Santa Marta, Colombia.[1] It is the only species in the monotypic genus Cryptopsilotris,[3] although it was formerly classified under Psilotris and its generic name means "hidden Pilotris", meaning that it was hidden within that genus.[4]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Cryptopsilotris Tornabene, Van Tassell & Gilmore, 2016 |
| Species: | C. batrachodes |
| Binomial name | |
| Cryptopsilotris batrachodes (Böhlke, 1963) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Psilotris batrachodes Böhlke, 1963 | |
References
- Pezold, F.; van Tassell, J.; Tornabene, L.; Aiken, K.A. & Bouchereau, J.-L. (2015). "Psilotris batrachodes". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T185891A1786307. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T185891A1786307.en.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Crytopilotris batrachodes" in FishBase. June 2018 version.
- Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Cryptopsilotris batrachodes". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
- Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (29 May 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (a-c)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
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