Sanopus is a genus of toadfishes restricted to the Atlantic coast of Central America and Mexico.
Sanopus | |
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Sanopus splendidus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Batrachoidiformes |
Family: | Batrachoididae |
Subfamily: | Batrachoidinae |
Genus: | Sanopus J. L. B. Smith, 1952 |
Type species | |
Opsanus barbatus Meek & Hildebrand, 1928
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Species
editThe recognized species in this genus are:[1]
- Sanopus astrifer (C. R. Robins & Starck, 1965) (whitespotted toadfish)
- Sanopus barbatus (Meek & Hildebrand, 1928) (bearded toadfish)
- Sanopus greenfieldorum Collette, 1983 (whitelined toadfish)
- Sanopus johnsoni Collette & Starck, 1974 (Cozumel toadfish)
- Sanopus reticulatus Collette, 1983 (reticulated toadfish)
- Sanopus splendidus Collette, Starck & P. C. Phillips, 1974 (splendid toadfish or coral toadfish)
References
edit- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Sanopus". FishBase. April 2012 version.