Dark toadfish
| Dark toadfish | |
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| Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Psychrolutidae |
| Genus: | Neophrynichthys |
| Species: | N. latus
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| Binomial name | |
| Neophrynichthys latus (F. W. Hutton, 1875)
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The dark toadfish, Neophrynichthys latus, is a fathead of the family Psychrolutidae, found on the continental shelf around New Zealand.
References[]
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Neophrynichthys latus" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
- 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
Categories:
- Psychrolutidae
- Endemic marine fish of New Zealand
- Fish described in 1875