Fish Identification: Find Species

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

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5 species (see list below)
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Max. Length 15.8 cm SL
 
Batrachomoeus dahli
[Dahl's frogfish]

Photo by Schulz, S.

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

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Batrachomoeus dubius
[Eastern frogfish]

Photo by CSIRO

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

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Batrachomoeus occidentalis
[Western frogfish]
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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)

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Batrachomoeus trispinosus
[Three-spined frogfish]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Batrachomoeus dahli Dahl's frogfish Eastern Indian Ocean 15.8 SL 1922
Batrachomoeus dubius Eastern frogfish Southwest Pacific 35 TL 1790
Batrachomoeus occidentalis Western frogfish Indo-West Pacific 20 TL 1976
Batrachomoeus rubricephalus Pinkhead frogfish Eastern Indian Ocean 31 TL 1976
Batrachomoeus trispinosus Three-spined frogfish Indo-West Pacific 31 TL 1861



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