Daector is a genus of toadfishes, with three species found along the Pacific Coast of Central America (one, D. dowi, reaches the Peruvian Coast of South America) and two species, D. gerringi and D. quadrizonatus, are found in South American rivers.
| Daector | |
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| Daector dowi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Batrachoidiformes |
| Family: | Batrachoididae |
| Subfamily: | Thalassophryninae |
| Genus: | Daector Jordan & Evermann, 1898 |
| Type species | |
| Thalassophryne dowi Jordan & Gilbert, 1887[1]
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Species
editThe currently recognized species in this genus are:[2]
- Daector dowi (Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1887) (Dow's toadfish)
- Daector gerringi (Rendahl (de), 1941)
- Daector quadrizonatus (C. H. Eigenmann, 1922)
- Daector reticulata (Günther, 1864) (reticulated toadfish)
- Daector schmitti Collette, 1968 (Schmitt's toadfish)
References
edit- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Daector". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Daector". FishBase. April 2012 version.
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