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Grays Reef NMS: Leopard Toadfish (Opsanus pardus) - English
URL: http://www.sanctuaries.nos.noaa.gov/pgallery/pggrays/living/living_4.html

The leopard toadfish (Opsanus pardus) has a large, flat head and a large mouth with fleshy projections around it. They spend most of their time under a rock or crevice and feed mostly on mollusks and crustaceans. (photo: Karen Angle).

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Sculptured Frogfish, Halophryne queenslandiae - English
URL: http://www.amonline.net.au/fishes/fishfacts/fish/hqueens.htm

The Sculptured Frogfish recognised by its distinctive body shape and multi-lobed tentacles on the head and body. The pectoral fins are very large, and the interorbit is wide and slightly concave.

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Eastern Frogfish, Batrachomoeus dubius - English
URL: http://www.amonline.net.au/fishes/fishfacts/fish/bdubius.htm

The Eastern Frogfish lives in silty coastal waters from southern Queensland to central New South Wales. It is common in Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour), where is is often observed sheltering in holes in rocky reefs, in kelp beds, and under pieces of rubbish. This species is recognised by its large mouth, tassled beard, raised eyes and large pectoral fins. The three short first dorsal fin spines are reported to be venomous. Adult colour varies from a mottled brown to pale grey to a deep blue-grey. Juveniles are pale with broad dark bands.

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Species Summary for Batrachoides walkeri - Walker's toadfish - English
URL: http://filaman.uni-kiel.de/Summary/SpeciesSummary.cfm?genusname=Batrachoides&spe

Environment, Distribution.

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Species Summary for Batrachoides liberiensis - Hairy toadfish - English
URL: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.cfm?genusname=Batrachoides&specie

Mainly in littoral and coastal waters. Enter estuaries. Feed on fish and shrimps.

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Batrachoideiformes - Finnish
URL: http://www.fmnh.helsinki.fi/users/haaramo/Metazoa/Deuterostoma/Chordata/Actinopt

Cladogram.

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Batrachoididae - English
URL: http://eebweb.arizona.edu/courses/Ecol482_582/websites/batrachoididae.html

Images.

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NMITA: Otolith Batrachoididae Family Page - English
URL: http://porites.geology.uiowa.edu/database/teleost/systemat/batrach.htm

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Batrachoididae - English
URL: http://cichlidresearch.com/fish_html/fbatrach.html

The Family Batrachoididae contains these Genera: Amphichthys, Aphos, Austrobatrachus, Barchatus, Batrachoides, Batrachomoeus Batrichthys, Chatrabus, Daector, Halobatrachus, Halophryne, Opsanus, Perulibatrachus, Porichthys = Nautopaedium, Riekertia, Sanopus, Thalassophryne, Tharbacus, Triathalassothia.

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InterNevod: Батраховые (Batrachoididae) - Russian
URL: http://www.internevod.com/rus/academy/bio/k_fish/batrachoididae.shtml

Малоподвижные донные рыбы с толстой приплюснутой головой и сжатым с боков хвостом. Представители: рыба - мичман (Porichthys porosissimus); жаба-рыба (Opsanus tau); талассофрина (Thalassophryne reticulata)

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Семейство Батраховые, или Рыбы-жабы (Ваtrachoididae) - Russian
URL: http://www.zooclub.ru/aqua/dekor/158.shtml

Семейство включает 12 - 20 родов и около 30 видов малоподвижных донных хищников, обитающих в Атлантическом, Тихом и Индийском океанах. В пресноводных аквариумах обычно обитают: пакамо - Ваtrachoides surinamensis, Бразилия, Суринам, 30 см. Мраморный галофрин - Halophryne trispinosus, Юго-Восточная Азия, 15 - 30 см. Амазонский талассофрин - Thalasophryne amazonica, 25 см. Талассофрин Наттерера - Т. nattereri, Бразилия, 20 см. Уругвайский талассофрин - Т. montevidensis, 25 см.

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