Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Batrachoidiformes
Family: Batrachoididae Toadfishes
Subfamily: Halophryninae
Genus: Barchatus

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Photo by Brokovich, E.

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 35 cm TL
Barchatus cirrhosus (Klunzinger, 1871)

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Barchatus cirrhosus
[Toadfish]
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Max. Length 16.4 cm SL
 
Barchatus indicus
[Somalian toadfish]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Barchatus cirrhosus Toadfish Western Indian Ocean 35 TL 1871
Barchatus indicus Somalian toadfish Indian Ocean 16.4 SL 2014



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