Allenbatrachus

Allenbatrachus is a genus of toadfishes found in the Indian and western Pacific Oceans. The generic name honours the Humboldt State University ichthyologist George Allen (1923-2011), who introduced David Greenfield, who coined the name, to ichthyology.[2]

Allenbatrachus
Allenbatrachus grunniens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Batrachoidiformes
Family: Batrachoididae
Subfamily: Halophryninae
Genus: Allenbatrachus
D. W. Greenfield, 1997
Type species
Cottus grunniens

Species

The recognized species in this genus are:[3]

  • Allenbatrachus grunniens (Linnaeus, 1758) (grunting toadfish)
  • Allenbatrachus meridionalis D. W. Greenfield & W. L. Smith, 2004
  • Allenbatrachus reticulatus (Steindachner, 1870)

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Allenbatrachus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  2. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (26 July 2017). "Order BATRACHOIDIFORMES (Toadfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Allenbatrachus in FishBase. April 2012 version.


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