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Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Batrachoidiformes
Family: Batrachoididae Toadfishes
Subfamily: Halophryninae
Genus: Batrachomoeus

(See list of species below)


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5 species (see list below)

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Eastern Indian Ocean
 
Batrachomoeus dahli
[Dahl's frogfish]

Photo by Schulz, S.

Southwest Pacific
Max. Length 35 cm TL
Batrachomoeus dubius (White, 1790)

Photo by Schulz, S.
 
Batrachomoeus dubius
[Eastern frogfish]

Photo by CSIRO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 20 cm TL
Batrachomoeus occidentalis Hutchins, 1976

Photo by CSIRO
 
Batrachomoeus occidentalis
[Western frogfish]
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Eastern Indian Ocean
Max. Length 31 cm TL
 
Batrachomoeus rubricephalus
[Pinkhead frogfish]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 31 cm TL
Batrachomoeus trispinosus (Günther, 1861)

Photo by Randall, J.E.
 
Batrachomoeus trispinosus
[Three-spined frogfish]
5 Species of Family Batrachoididae with Genus Batrachomoeus
(Toadfishes)
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1922 Batrachomoeus dahli Dahl's frogfish Eastern Indian Ocean
1790 Batrachomoeus dubius Eastern frogfish Southwest Pacific 35 TL
1976 Batrachomoeus occidentalis Western frogfish Indo-West Pacific 20 TL
1976 Batrachomoeus rubricephalus Pinkhead frogfish Eastern Indian Ocean 31 TL
1861 Batrachomoeus trispinosus Three-spined frogfish Indo-West Pacific 31 TL



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