| Colletteichthys | |
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| Colletteichthys dussumieri | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Batrachoidiformes |
| Family: | Batrachoididae |
| Subfamily: | Halophryninae |
| Genus: | Colletteichthys D. W. Greenfield, 2006 |
| Type species | |
| Batrachus dussumieri Valenciennes, 18371
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Colletteichthys is a genus of toadfishes found in the western Indian Ocean. The generic name is a compound of the surname Collette, in honour of the American ichthyologist Bruce Baden Collette to recognise his contribution to the study of toadfish, and the Greek ichthys meaning "fish".2
Species
The recognized species in this genus are:34
- Colletteichthys dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1837) (flat toadfish)
- Colletteichthys flavipinnis D. W. Greenfield, Bineesh & Akhilesh, 20124
- Colletteichthys occidentalis D. W. Greenfield, 2012 (Arabian toadfish)
References
References
- Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Colletteichthys". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
- 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.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Colletteichthys". FishBase. April 2012 version.
- Greenfield, D.W.; Bineesh, K.K. & Akhilesh, K.V. (2012). "Colletteichthys flavipinnis, a new toadfish species from Sri Lanka and India (Teleostei: Batrachoididae)". Zootaxa. 3437: 24–31. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3437.1.2.