Frilled toadfish

The frilled toadfish[2] (Ambophthalmos magnicirrus, previously classified as Neophrynichthys magnicirrus[3]) is a fathead sculpin of the family Psychrolutidae, found on the continental shelf around Australia's Macquarie Island.[2]

Frilled toadfish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Psychrolutidae
Genus: Ambophthalmos
Species:
A. magnicirrus
Binomial name
Ambophthalmos magnicirrus
(J. S. Nelson, 1977)
Synonyms[1]

Neophrynichthys magnicirrus J. S. Nelson, 1977

References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2023). "Ambophthalmos magnicirrus" in FishBase. February 2023 version.
  2. Dianne J. Bray. "Ambophthalmos magnicirrus". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  3. Keith L. Jackson and Joseph S. Nelson, Ambophthalmos, a new genus for "Neophrynichthys" angustus and "Neophrynichthys" magnicirrus, and the systematic interrelationships of the fathead sculpins (Cottoidei, Psychrolutidae), Can. J. Zool. 76(7): 1344–1357 (1998), doi:10.1139/cjz-76-7-1344.
  • Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
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