Toadfish

The Toadfish lives in the reef-associated, marine, depth range 1 - 200 m environment.

The toadfish comprise the family Batrachoididae, the only family in the ray-finned fish order Batrachoidiformes. Both the English common name and scientific name refer to their toad-like appearance (batrakhos is Greek for frog). More

Venomous toadfishes (genera Thalassophryne and Daector), of Central and South America, have venom-injecting spines on their dorsal fins and gill covers. Midshipmen (genus Porichthys), shallow-water American fishes, have rows of 600 – 840 buttonlike light organs along the body. More

The toadfish, like the sculpins, has a large flat head, round nose, tremendous mouth, tapering body with plump belly, and fanlike pectoral fins. But it differs from all sculpins, and indeed from all other spiny-finned fishes of the Gulf of Maine except the blennies (p. More

Oyster ToadfishThe oyster toadfish has a scaleless, flattened body that is olive-brown on top and pale on the belly. Adults have: * Dark blotches or bars covering the body. * Fleshy flaps or "whiskers" on the cheeks and jaws. More

length of the toadfish is about 38 cm; the most common recorded length of an oyster toadfish is about 30 cm. They are generally yellowish with a pattern of brown oblique bars. More

The oyster toadfish is an unusually shaped, large-headed fish that generally lives along oyster reefs and vegetated muddy bottoms. It has scaleless skin covered instead by thick mucous and sometimes warts, making it easy to understand why it earned the name "oyster toadfish. More

The gulf toadfish was originally named Batrachus tau beta by well-known deep sea ichthyologists G. Brown Goode and Tarleton H. Bean in 1880. It is currently recognized as Opsanus beta (Goode & Bean 1880), the scientifically valid name in use today. More

The bottom-dwelling oyster toadfish is abundant throughout the Chesapeake Bay year-round. During most of the year they live among wrecks, debris, vegetation, oyster reefs and rocky or muddy bottoms. In winter, oyster toadfish move to the Bay's deep channels. More

toadfishtoadfish - bottom-dwelling fish having scaleless slimy skin and a broad thick head with a wide mouthOpsanus tauBatrachoididae, family Batrachoididae - toadfishes; related to anglers and batfishesoyster fish, oyster-fish, oysterfish - a variety of toadfishacanthopterygian, spiny-finned fish - a teleost fish with fins that are supported More

Toadfish, the common name for a family of marine fishes. There are about 30 species, including several species called midshipmen. Members of the toadfish family range from about 8 to 18 inches (20 to 45 cm) in length. More

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toadfish, common name for the sluggish, bottom-feeding fishes of the genus Opsanus, found in the shallow waters from New Jersey to the Caribbean. Toadfishes feed almost entirely on crustaceans and small fishes. More

toadfish definition toad·fish (tōd′fis̸h′) noun pl. More

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Reproduction: toadfish are known for producing vocalizations, accomplished by rapid muscle contractions. The male produces a "foghorn" sound which may attract females to a nesting site. The spawning season lasts from April to October. More

When I first started collecting live sea animals, toadfish were pretty easy to find. But in the early nineties most of Rhode Island's salt ponds were opened up to shellfishing. More

Toadfish and frogfish are members of two separate families and are not nearly as alike as are their respective amphibian namesakes. For starters, these two unusual animals belong to different families of fish. More

* The oyster toadfish has bulging eyes, fleshy flaps (whiskers) on cheeks and jaw; and broad * Color skin is yellow to brown with dark brown oblique bars and brown reticulations More

Toadfish, any of various large-headed marine fishes native to temperate and tropical shoal waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. About 64... Classification of Fish Classification of Fish ( Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved.)Classification of Fish ( Microsoft Corporation. More

The toadfish comprise the family Batrachoididae, the only family in the ray-finned fish order Batrachoidiformes. Both the English common name and scientific name refer to their toad-like appearance (batrakhos is Greek for frog). More

The bottom-dwelling oyster toadfish is abundant throughout the Chesapeake Bay year-round. During most of the year they live among wrecks, debris, vegetation, oyster reefs and rocky or muddy bottoms. In winter, oyster toadfish move to the Bay's deep channels. More

oyster toadfish (Opsanus tau), a common resident of shallow coastal waters along eastern North America; venomous toadfishes (Thalassophryne and Daector), found in Central and South America and notable for inflicting painful wounds with the hollow, venom-injecting spines on their dorsal fins and gill covers; More

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Oyster ToadfishThe oyster toadfish has a scaleless, flattened body that is olive-brown on top and pale on the belly. Adults have: * Dark blotches or bars covering the body. * Fleshy flaps or "whiskers" on the cheeks and jaws. More

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Toadfishes and their relatives are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Osteichthyes, order Batrachoidiformes, family Batrachoididae. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2007, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. More

Common names

Bagre sapo in Spanish (español)
Cano toadfish in English
Crapaud tacheté in French (français)
Myrkkykonnakala in Finnish (suomen kieli)
Plettet paddefisk in Danish (dansk)
Sapo caño in English
Sapo caño in Spanish (español)
Toadfish in English
макулеза in Russian (русский язык)
加勒比海蟾魚 in Mandarin Chinese
加勒比海蟾鱼 in Mandarin Chinese
蒙的維海蟾魚 in Mandarin Chinese
蒙的维海蟾鱼 in Mandarin Chinese

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