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Opsanus dichrostomus Collette, 2001

Bicolor toadfish
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Batrachoidiformes (Toadfishes) > Batrachoididae (Toadfishes) > Batrachoidinae
Etymology: dichrostomus: From the bicolor mouth.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 1 - 5 m (Ref. 41041). Subtropical

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Western Atlantic: Western Caribbean Sea and southern Gulf of Mexico.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.6 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 41041)

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Dorsal spines (total): 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 23 - 26; Anal soft rays: 20 - 22; Vertebrae: 32 - 35. Narrow interorbital distance (29-65 thousandths of SL), usually less than the diameter of the orbit (60-104 thousandths of SL), versus usually equal to or wider than the orbit diameter in other Opsanus species. Similar to O. phobetron, both usually have the posterior part of lower half of the mouth darkly pigmented in specimens over 7 cm SL. Upper lateral-line papillae 26, lower 23. Pectoral fin glands 12, starting between uppermost 2 pectoral fin-rays (Ref. 41041).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Collette, B.B., 2001. Opsanus dichrostomus, a new toadfish (Teleostei: Batrachoididae) from the western Caribbean Sea and southern Gulf of Mexico. Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (731):1-16. (Ref. 41041)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 20 August 2012

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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