Toadfish goby

Toadfish goby
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Cryptopsilotris
Tornabene, Van Tassell & Gilmore, 2016
Species:
C. batrachodes
Binomial name
Cryptopsilotris batrachodes
(Böhlke, 1963)
Synonyms

Psilotris batrachodes Böhlke, 1963

The toadfish goby (Cryptopsilotris batrachodes) is a species of bony fish in the family Gobiidae which is found in areas of sandy substrates among coral reefs.[2] It occurs in the western Atlantic Ocean from the Bahamas south through the Caribbean Sea as well as along the Central and South American coast from Belize to Santa Marta, Colombia.[1] It is the only species in the monotypic genus Cryptopsilotris,[3] although it was formerly classified under Psilotris and its generic name means "hidden Pilotris", meaning that it was hidden within that genus.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Pezold, F.; van Tassell, J.; Tornabene, L.; Aiken, K.A. & Bouchereau, J.-L. (2015). "Psilotris batrachodes". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T185891A1786307. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T185891A1786307.en.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Crytopilotris batrachodes". FishBase. June 2018 version.
  3. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Cryptopsilotris batrachodes". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  4. ^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (29 May 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (a-c)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 19 August 2018.