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Toadfish goby

The toadfish goby is a species of bony fish in the family Gobiidae which is found in areas of sandy substrates among coral reefs. It occurs in the western Atlantic Ocean from the Bahamas south through the Caribbean Sea as well as along the Central and South American coast from Belize to Santa Marta, Colombia. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Cryptopsilotris, although it was formerly classified under Psilotris and its generic name means "hidden Pilotris", meaning that it was hidden within that genus.

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Toadfish goby
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Cryptopsilotris
Tornabene, Van Tassell & Gilmore, 2016
Species:
C. batrachodes
Binomial name
Cryptopsilotris batrachodes
(Böhlke, 1963)
Synonyms

Psilotris batrachodes Böhlke, 1963

The toadfish goby (Cryptopsilotris batrachodes) is a species of bony fish in the family Gobiidae which is found in areas of sandy substrates among coral reefs.2 It occurs in the western Atlantic Ocean from the Bahamas south through the Caribbean Sea as well as along the Central and South American coast from Belize to Santa Marta, Colombia.1 It is the only species in the monotypic genus Cryptopsilotris,3 although it was formerly classified under Psilotris and its generic name means "hidden Pilotris", meaning that it was hidden within that genus.4

References

References

  1. Pezold, F.; van Tassell, J.; Tornabene, L.; Aiken, K.A. & Bouchereau, J.-L. (2015). "Psilotris batrachodes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015 e.T185891A1786307. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T185891A1786307.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Crytopilotris batrachodes". FishBase. June 2018 version.
  3. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Cryptopsilotris batrachodes". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  4. Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (29 May 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (a-c)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 19 August 2018.