Pale toadfish | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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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Synonyms [1] | |
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The pale toadfish (Ambophthalmos angustus, previously classified as Neophrynichthys angustus [2]) is a fathead sculpin of the family Psychrolutidae.
The fathead sculpin is found on the continental shelf around New Zealand, between 250 and 1,000 metres deep. It is up to 30 cm long.