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Toadfishes
{{short description, Common name used for fish Toadfish is the common name for a variety of species from several different families of fish, usually because of their toad-like appearance or calls using their swimbladder. File:OysterToadfish.jpeg, The oyster toadfish (''Opsanus tau'') is one of the Batrachoididae. File:Tetractenos glaber.JPG, Smooth toadfish, ''Tetractenos glaber'' (Tetraodontidae). File:Neophrynichthys latus (Dark toadfish).gif, Dark toadfish, ''Neophrynichthys latus'' (Psychrolutidae). Batrachoididae The entire family ''Batrachoididae'' are typically 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 Torquigener pleurogramma, banded toadfish, ''Torquigener pleurogramma'' (Australia) * The blackspotted toadfish, ''Arothron nigropunctatus'' (tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans) * The com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fish
A fish (: fish or fishes) is an aquatic animal, aquatic, Anamniotes, anamniotic, gill-bearing vertebrate animal with swimming fish fin, fins and craniate, a hard skull, but lacking limb (anatomy), limbs with digit (anatomy), digits. Fish can be grouped into the more basal (phylogenetics), basal jawless fish and the more common jawed fish, the latter including all extant taxon, living cartilaginous fish, cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as the extinct placoderms and acanthodians. In a break to the long tradition of grouping all fish into a single Class (biology), class (Pisces), modern phylogenetics views fish as a paraphyletic group. Most fish are ectotherm, cold-blooded, their body temperature varying with the surrounding water, though some large nekton, active swimmers like white shark and tuna can hold a higher core temperature. Many fish can communication in aquatic animals#Acoustic, communicate acoustically with each other, such as during courtship displays. The stud ... [...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. Evolution Toadfish are among the most basal percomorph orders, and are thought to have diverged from their closest relatives in the Late Cretaceous. The earliest known toadfish is likely '' Bacchiaichthys'' from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of Italy, which very closely resembles modern toadfish and is one of the earliest known percomorphs. Its status as a toadfish has been disputed, as it is noted to have some tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dark Toadfish
The dark toadfish (''Neophrynichthys latus'') is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Psychrolutidae, the fatheads and toadfishes. This fish is found on the continental shelf around New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla .... 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] |
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] |
Tetraodontidae
Tetraodontidae is a family of marine and freshwater fish in the order Tetraodontiformes. The family includes many familiar species variously called pufferfish, puffers, balloonfish, blowfish, blowers, blowies, bubblefish, globefish, swellfish, toadfish, toadies, toadle, honey toads, sugar toads, and sea squab. They are morphologically similar to the closely related porcupinefish, which have large external spines (unlike the thinner, hidden spines of the Tetraodontidae, which are only visible when the fish have puffed up). The majority of pufferfish species are toxic, with some among the most poisonous vertebrates in the world. In certain species, the internal organs, such as the liver, and sometimes the skin, contain mucus tetrodotoxin, and are highly toxic to most animals when eaten; nevertheless, the meat of some species is considered a delicacy in Japan (as 河豚, pronounced ''fugu''), Korea (as 복, ''bok'', or 복어, ''bogeo''), and China (as 河豚, ''hétún'') when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smooth Toadfish
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 toad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglerfish
The anglerfish are ray-finned fish in the order Lophiiformes (). Both the order's common name, common and scientific name comes from the characteristic mode of predation, in which a modified dorsal Fish fin#Ray-fins, fin ray acts as a Aggressive mimicry#Food as an attractant, lure for prey (akin to a human Angling, angler, and likened to a crest or "''wikt:Lophius, lophos''"). The modified fin ray, with the very tip being the Esca (fish anatomy), esca and the length of the structure the Illicium (fish anatomy), illicium, is adapted to attract specific prey items across the families of anglerfish by using different luring methods. Anglerfish occur worldwide. The majority are bottom-dwellers, being demersal fish, while the aberrant deep-sea anglerfish are Pelagic fish, pelagic, (mostly) living high in the water column. Some live in the Deep-sea fish, deep sea (such as the deep-sea anglerfish and sea toads), while others live in Shallow water marine environment, shallower waters, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frog-fish
Members of the genus ''Lophius'', also sometimes called monkfish, fishing-frogs, frog-fish, and sea-devils, are various species of lophiid anglerfishes found in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. ''Lophius'' is known as the "monk" or "monkfish" to the North Sea and North Atlantic fishermen, a name which also belongs to ''Squatina squatina'', the angelshark, a type of shark. The North European species is ''Lophius piscatorius'', and the Mediterranean species is ''Lophius budegassa''. Taxonomy ''Lophius'' was first proposed as a genus by Carl Linnaeus when he described ''Lophius piscatorius'' in the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'' given as "''in Oceano Europæo''", meaning the Northeastern Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean and Black Seas with localities mentioned including Bordeaux, Marseille and Montpellier in France; Genoa, Rome, Naples and Venice in Italy; Lesbos in Greece; and Syria. The genus ''Lophius'' is one of 4 extant genera in the family Lophiidae which the 5th edition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frogfish
Frogfishes are any member of the anglerfish family Antennariidae, of the order Lophiiformes. Antennariids are known as anglerfish in Australia, where the term "frogfish" refers to members of the unrelated family Batrachoididae. Frogfishes are found in almost all tropical and subtropical oceans and seas around the world, the primary exception being the Mediterranean Sea. Frogfishes are small, short and stocky, and sometimes covered in spinules and other appendages to aid in camouflage. The camouflage aids in protection from predators and enables them to lure prey. Many species can change colour; some are covered with other organisms, such as algae or hydrozoa. In keeping with this camouflage, frogfishes typically move slowly, lying in wait for prey, and then striking extremely rapidly, in as little as 6 milliseconds. Few traces of frogfishes remain in the fossil record, though ''Antennarius monodi'' is known from the Miocene of Algeria and ''Eophryne barbuttii'' is known from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. 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. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ... ''Cryptopsilotris'', although it was formerly classified under '' Psilotris'' and its generic name means "hidden ''Pilotris''", meaning that it was hidden within that genus. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q25360276 Gobiidae Fish described in 1963 ... [...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 Psychrolutidae. Habitat and appearance The fathead sculpin is found on the continental shelf around New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla ..., between 250 and 1,000 metres deep. It is up to 30 cm long. References * * Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, ''Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand'', (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
