Banded toadfish | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Batrachoidiformes |
Family: | Batrachoididae |
Subfamily: | Porichthyinae |
Genus: |
Aphos C. L. Hubbs & L. P. Schultz, 1939 |
Species: | A. porosus
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Binomial name | |
Aphos porosus (
Valenciennes, 1837)
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Synonyms [2] | |
The banded toadfish (Aphos porosus) is a species of toadfish found along the Pacific coast of South America where it is found in Chile, Ecuador and Peru. This species grows to a length of 28 centimetres (11 in) TL. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Aphos. [2] Unlike the other genus, Porichthys in this subfamily the banded toadfish lacks photophores. [3]
Banded toadfish | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Batrachoidiformes |
Family: | Batrachoididae |
Subfamily: | Porichthyinae |
Genus: |
Aphos C. L. Hubbs & L. P. Schultz, 1939 |
Species: | A. porosus
|
Binomial name | |
Aphos porosus (
Valenciennes, 1837)
| |
Synonyms [2] | |
The banded toadfish (Aphos porosus) is a species of toadfish found along the Pacific coast of South America where it is found in Chile, Ecuador and Peru. This species grows to a length of 28 centimetres (11 in) TL. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Aphos. [2] Unlike the other genus, Porichthys in this subfamily the banded toadfish lacks photophores. [3]