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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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Species Summary for Halobatrachus didactylus - Lusitanian toadfish - English
URL: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.cfm?genusname=Halobatrachus&speci

Sedentary species which occurs on soft sand or mud, often partly buried or concealed in rock crevices, solitary in shallow water. Feeds on crustaceans, molluscs and small fishes.

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

Cladogram.

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Species Summary for Amphichthys cryptocentrus - Bocon toadfish - English
URL: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.cfm?genusname=Amphichthys&species

Inhabits littoral (subtidal) waters; usually found on sandy or rock bottom; large fish may be found in waters less than 1 m of depth hiding in crevices or caves.

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

Ìàëîïîäâèæíûå äîííûå ðûáû ñ òîëñòîé ïðèïëþñíóòîé ãîëîâîé è ñæàòûì ñ áîêîâ õâîñòîì. Ïðåäñòàâèòåëè: ðûáà - ìè÷ìàí (Porichthys porosissimus); æàáà-ðûáà (Opsanus tau); òàëàññîôðèíà (Thalassophryne reticulata)

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