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Allenbatrachus grunniens, commonly known as the grunting toadfish, is a species of toadfish found in marine and brackish waters in the Indo Pacific. [2] First described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758, A. grunniens is largely found in coastal waters and estuarine areas, especially over muddy bottoms.
Batrachoididae / b æ t r ə ˈ k ɔɪ d ɪ d iː / is the only family in the ray-finned fish order Batrachoidiformes / b æ t r ə ˈ k ɔɪ d ɪ f ɔːr m iː z /.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 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 ...
The oyster toadfish (Opsanus tau), also known as the oyster toad, ugly toad, oyster cracker, oyster catcher, and bar dog, is a Northwest Atlantic species of fish of the family Batrachoididae. The maximum length of this toadfish is 43.2 cm (17 in), but they infrequently surpass 38 cm (15 in).
The recognized species in this genus are: [3] Batrachoides boulengeri C. H. Gilbert & Starks, 1904 (Boulenger's toadfish) Batrachoides gilberti Meek & Hildebrand, 1928 (large-eye toadfish) Batrachoides goldmani Evermann & Goldsborough, 1902 (Mexican freshwater toadfish) Batrachoides liberiensis (Steindachner, 1867) (hairy toadfish)
Batrachomoeus trispinosus, the three-spined frogfish or Broadbent's frogfish, is a species of Indo-Pacific toadfish, from the largely Old World subfamily, Halophryninae, of the family Batrachoididae. It is the type species of the genus Batrachomoeus. [3] It is said to be the only fish known to cry like a baby and produce complex non-linear calls.
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