Porichthyinae

Porichthyinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Batrachoidiformes
Family:	Batrachoididae
Subfamily:	Porichthyinae; Miranda Ribeiro, 1915

Porichthyinae is a subfamily of toadfish in the family Batrachoididae. They are found in the eastern Pacific Ocean and western Atlantic from Canada to Argentina. The species of this subfamily have no venom glands or subopercular spines, they have canine like teeth and two solid spines in the dorsal fin.^[2]

Genera[]

There are two genera in the Porichthyinae:^[3]

Aphos Hubbs & Schultz, 1939
Porichthys Girard, 1854

References[]

^ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.
^ David W. Greenfield; Richard Winterbottom & Bruce Baden Collette (2008). "Review of the toadfish genera (Teleostei: Batrachoididae)". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 4. 59 (15): 665–710.
^ Bailly N, ed. (2015). "Porichthyinae Miranda Ribeiro, 1915". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 18 July 2018.

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[Zootaxa-1] Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.

[Greenfield-2] David W. Greenfield; Richard Winterbottom & Bruce Baden Collette (2008). "Review of the toadfish genera (Teleostei: Batrachoididae)". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 4. 59 (15): 665–710.

[WoRMS-3] Bailly N, ed. (2015). "Porichthyinae Miranda Ribeiro, 1915". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 18 July 2018.

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