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Toadfish
Toadfish is the common name for a variety of species from several different families of fish, usually because of their toad-like appearance. "Dogfish" is a name for certain species along the gulf coast. Dolphin-Toadfish relationship Toadfish make up a notable portion of the dolphin's diet, approximately 13%. Scientific experiments have shown that the mating call of the toadfish alerts dolphin predators to the fish's location. Similarly, the sounds caused by the dolphin when hunting its prey alert toadfish to the location of the predators and cause the fish to silence their mating call. Male toadfish will reduce their mating calls by up to 50% when they hear the low sound of a dolphin's "pop". Batrachoididae The entire family '' Batrachoididae'' are called toadfishes. They are benthic ambush predators, known for their ability to produce sound with their swim bladders. Tetraodontidae The name "toadfish" is applied to some species of the family Tetraodontidae, including: * The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tetractenos Glaber
The smooth toadfish (''Tetractenos glaber'') is a species of fish in the pufferfish family Tetraodontidae. It is native to shallow coastal and estuarine waters of southeastern Australia, where it is widespread and abundant. French naturalist Christophe-Paulin de La Poix de Fréminville described the species in 1813, though early records confused it with its close relative, the common toadfish (''T. hamiltonii''). The two are the only members of the genus '' Tetractenos'' after going through several taxonomic changes since discovery. Up to long with distinctive leopard-like dark markings on its dorsal side, the smooth toadfish has a rounded front and tapers to a narrow tail at the back. Unlike most of its relatives, it does not have prominent spines on its body. Like other pufferfish, it can inflate itself with water or air. It forages for its preferred foods—molluscs and crustaceans—in sand and mud of the bottom sediment. Often an unwanted catch by anglers, the smooth to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Batrachoididae
Batrachoididae is the only family in the ray-finned fish order Batrachoidiformes . Members of this family are usually called toadfish, or "frogfish": both the English common name and scientific name refer to their toad-like appearance (''batrakhos'' is Greek for frog). Toadfish are benthic ambush predators that favor sandy or muddy substrates where their cryptic coloration helps them avoid detection by their prey. Toadfish are well known for their ability to "sing", males in particular using the swim bladder as a sound-production device used to attract mates. Description Toadfish are usually scaleless, with eyes set high on large heads. Their mouths are also large, with both a maxilla and premaxilla, and often decorated with barbels and skin flaps. They are generally drab in colour, although those living on coral reefs may have brighter patterns. They range in size from length in '' Thlassophryne megalops'', to in the Pacuma toadfish. The gills are small and occur only on th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Common Toadfish
The common toadfish (''Tetractenos hamiltoni''), also known as the common toado, toadfish or toado, (formerly classified as ''Tetrodon hamiltoni''G.S. Hardy, "Revision of Australian species of ''Torquigener'' Whitley (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae), and two new generic names for Australian puffer fishes," ''Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand'', Volume 13, No. 1/2, 1983, pp. 1–48/ref> or ''Torquigener hamiltoni'') is a species of fish in the family Tetraodontidae of order Tetraodontiformes, found along Australia's eastern coast, from northern Queensland to Flinders Island, and around Lord Howe Island, as well as in New Zealand waters. It often buries itself in sand with only its eyes exposed.Fishbase - Tetractenos hamiltoni accessed 8 March 2010 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fish
Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% of living fish species are ray-finned fish, belonging to the class Actinopterygii, with around 99% of those being teleosts. The earliest organisms that can be classified as fish were soft-bodied chordates that first appeared during the Cambrian period. Although they lacked a true spine, they possessed notochords which allowed them to be more agile than their invertebrate counterparts. Fish would continue to evolve through the Paleozoic era, diversifying into a wide variety of forms. Many fish of the Paleozoic developed external armor that protected them from predators. The first fish with jaws appeared in the Silurian period, after which many (such as sharks) became formidable marine predators rather than just the prey of arthrop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torquigener
''Torquigener'' is a genus of pufferfishes native to the Indian and Pacific oceans. Their name refers to their ability to build circular structures on sandy sea bottom (''torquis'' + ''gener''). Species Twenty species are recognized in this genus: * '' Torquigener albomaculosus'' Matsuura, 2014 (white-spotted pufferfish) Matsuura, K. (2014) A new pufferfish of the genus ''Torquigener'' that builds “mystery circles” on sandy bottoms in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan (Actinopterygii: Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae) ''Ichthyological Research, 62 (2): 207-212.'' * ''Torquigener altipinnis'' J. D. Ogilby, 1891 * ''Torquigener andersonae'' Hardy, 1983 (Anderson's toadfish) * ''Torquigener balteus'' Hardy, 1989 (slender blaasop) * ''Torquigener brevipinnis'' Regan, 1903 * ''Torquigener flavimaculosus'' Hardy & J. E. Randall, 1983 * '' Torquigener florealis'' Cope, 1871 * '' Torquigener gloerfelti'' Hardy, 1984 * '' Torquigener hicksi'' Hardy, 1983 (Hick's toadfish) * ''Torquigener h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lagocephalus Sceleratus
''Lagocephalus sceleratus'' ( Gmelin, 1789), commonly known as the silver-cheeked toadfish, or Sennin-fugu ( ja, 仙人河豚), is an extremely poisonous marine bony fish in the family Tetraodontidae (puffer fishes). Habitat and distribution The species is common in the tropical waters of the Indian and Pacific oceans. In the Mediterranean Sea, it is an invasive species likely introduced via Suez Canal. It has been caught off the coasts of Israel, the south of Turkey, in Cyprus, the south coasts of mainland Greece, Crete, and Rhodes. In 2013 it was reported off the waters off Lampedusa Island in the central Mediterranean, and in 2015 off Malta and also in Montenegro, southeastern Adriatic Sea. Currently the westernmost record is from the Strait of Gibraltar. Greek authorities sent out an alert about the fish. A few days before 9th of February 2022, a specimen was caught by Croatian fishermen near the island of Pašman in the Adriatic with the Croatian Institute of Oceanograph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frilled Toadfish
The frilled toadfish (''Ambophthalmos magnicirrus'', previously classified as ''Neophrynichthys magnicirrus''Keith L. Jackson and Joseph S. Nelson, ''Ambophthalmos'', a new genus for "''Neophrynichthys''" ''angustus'' and "''Neophrynichthys''" ''magnicirrus'', and the systematic interrelationships of the fathead sculpins (Cottoidei, Psychrolutidae), ''Can. J. Zool.'' 76(7): 1344–1357 (1998), .) is a fathead sculpin of the family Psychrolutidae, found on the continental shelf around Australia's Macquarie Island Macquarie Island is an island in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, about halfway between New Zealand and Antarctica. Regionally part of Oceania and politically a part of Tasmania, Australia, since 1900, it became a Tasmanian State Reserve in 19 .... References * * Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, ''Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand'', (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) {{Taxonbar, from=Q2466708 frilled toadfish frilled toadf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dark Toadfish
The dark toadfish, ''Neophrynichthys latus'', is a fathead of the family Psychrolutidae, found on the continental shelf around New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 List of islands of New Zealand, smaller islands. It is the .... References * * Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, ''Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand'', (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) {{Taxonbar, from=Q2302803 Psychrolutidae Endemic marine fish of New Zealand Fish described in 1875 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pale Toadfish
The pale toadfish (''Ambophthalmos angustus'', previously classified as ''Neophrynichthys angustus''Keith L. Jackson and Joseph S. Nelson, ''Ambophthalmos'', a new genus for "''Neophrynichthys''" ''angustus'' and "''Neophrynichthys''" ''magnicirrus'', and the systematic interrelationships of the fathead sculpins (Cottoidei, Psychrolutidae), ''Can. J. Zool.'' 76(7): 1344–1357 (1998), .) is a fathead sculpin of the family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ... Psychrolutidae, found on the continental shelf around New Zealand, between 250 and 1,000 metres deep. It is up to 30 cm long. References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prickly Toadfish
The prickly toadfish (''Contusus richei'') is a pufferfish of the family ''Tetraodontidae'', found in the eastern Indian Ocean and the southwest Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ..., at depths down to 50 m. Its length is up to 25 cm. References * * Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, ''Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand'', (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) {{Taxonbar, from=Q2588829 Tetraodontidae Fish described in 1813 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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