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Frilled toadfish

The frilled toadfish is a fathead sculpin of the family Psychrolutidae, found on the continental shelf around Australia's Macquarie Island.

Last revised
Jul 22, 2026
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Length
146 w
Citations
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Source
Frilled toadfish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Cottoidei
Family: Psychrolutidae
Genus: Ambophthalmos
Species:
A. magnicirrus
Binomial name
Ambophthalmos magnicirrus
(J. S. Nelson, 1977)
Synonyms1

Neophrynichthys magnicirrus J. S. Nelson, 1977

The frilled toadfish2 (Ambophthalmos magnicirrus, previously classified as Neophrynichthys magnicirrus3) is a fathead sculpin of the family Psychrolutidae, found on the continental shelf around Australia's Macquarie Island.2

References

References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Ambophthalmos magnicirrus". FishBase. February 2023 version.
  2. Dianne J. Bray. "Ambophthalmos magnicirrus". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  3. Keith L. Jackson and Joseph S. Nelson, Ambophthalmos, a new genus for "Neophrynichthys" angustus and "Neophrynichthys" magnicirrus, and the systematic interrelationships of the fathead sculpins (Cottoidei, Psychrolutidae), Can. J. Zool. 76(7): 1344–1357 (1998), doi:10.1139/cjz-76-7-1344.
  • Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8