Batrachoidinae is a subfamily of

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 mak ...

in the family

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 (''batrakh ...

. It contains 25 species in the following 6 genera: * '' Amphichthys'' (2 species) * '' Batrachoides'' (9 species) * ''

Opsanus ''Opsanus'' is a genus of toadfishes found in the western Atlantic Ocean. It currently has six recognised species, with the latest one described in 2005. Species The recognized species in this genus are: * '' Opsanus beta'' ( Goode & T. H. Bea ...

'' (6 species) * '' Potamobatrachus'' (1 species) * ''

Sanopus ''Sanopus'' is a genus of toadfishes restricted to the Atlantic coast of Central America and Mexico. Species The recognized species in this genus are: * '' Sanopus astrifer'' ( C. R. Robins & Starck, 1965) (whitespotted toadfish) * '' Sanopus ...

'' (6 species) * ''

Vladichthys ''Vladichthys gloverensis'' is a species of toadfish known only from the Atlantic Coast of Belize and Honduras, where it is found on reefs. This species grows to a standard length of . The generic name honours the toadfish expert Vladimir ...

'' (1 species)

References

Batrachoididae {{Batrachoidiformes-stub