Pale toadfish
| Pale toadfish | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Psychrolutidae |
| Genus: | Ambophthalmos |
| Species: | A. angustus
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| Binomial name | |
| Ambophthalmos angustus (J. S. Nelson, 1977)
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The pale toadfish (Ambophthalmos angustus, previously classified as Neophrynichthys angustus[1]) is a fathead sculpin of the family Psychrolutidae, found on the continental shelf around New Zealand, between 250 and 1,000 metres deep. It is up to 30 cm long.
References[]
- ^ 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.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Ambophthalmos angustus" 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 1977