Dark toadfish

Dark toadfish
A dark toadfish observed near Stewart Island
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Psychrolutidae
Genus: Neophrynichthys
Species:
N. latus
Binomial name
Neophrynichthys latus
(F. W. Hutton, 1875)
Synonyms[1]
  • Psychrolutes latus Hutton, 1875
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling

The dark toadfish (Neophrynichthys latus) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Psychrolutidae, the fatheads and toadfishes. This fish is found on the continental shelf around New Zealand.

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Neophrynichthys latus". FishBase. February 2023 version.
  • Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8