''Austrobatrachus'' is a

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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, ...

found in the

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and

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s off the coast of

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Species

The recognized species in this genus are:Greenfield, D.W. (2012): ''Austrobatrachus iselesele,'' a new toadfish species from South Africa (Teleostei: Batrachoididae). ''Zootaxa, 3400: 58–63.'' * '' Austrobatrachus foedus'' (

J. L. B. Smith James Leonard Brierley Smith (26 September 1897 – 8 January 1968) was a South African ichthyology, ichthyologist, organic chemist, and university professor. He was the first to identify a taxidermied fish as a coelacanth, at the time thought t ...

, 1947) (puzzled toadfish) * '' Austrobatrachus iselesele'' D. W. Greenfield, 2012

References

Batrachoididae Taxa named by J. L. B. Smith Fish of South Africa {{Batrachoidiformes-stub