Colletteichthys
| Colletteichthys | |
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| Colletteichthys dussumieri | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Batrachoidiformes |
| Family: | Batrachoididae |
| Subfamily: | Halophryninae |
| Genus: | Colletteichthys , 2006 |
| Type species | |
| Batrachus dussumieri Valenciennes, 1837[1]
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Colletteichthys is a genus of toadfishes found in the western Indian Ocean. The generic name is a compound of the surname , in honour of the American ichthyologist Bruce Baden Collette to recognise his contribution to the study of toadfish, and the Greek ichthys meaning "fish".[2]
Species[]
The recognized species in this genus are:[3][4]
- Colletteichthys dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1837) (flat toadfish)
- , & , 2012[4]
- , 2012 (Arabian toadfish)
References[]
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Colletteichthys". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (26 July 2017). "Order BATRACHOIDIFORMES (Toadfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Colletteichthys in FishBase. April 2012 version.
- ^ a b Greenfield, D.W.; Bineesh, K.K. & Akhilesh, K.V. (2012). "Colletteichthys flavipinnis, a new toadfish species from Sri Lanka and India (Teleostei: Batrachoididae)". Zootaxa. 3437: 24–31. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3437.1.2.
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