| Dark toadfish | |
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| A dark toadfish observed near Stewart Island | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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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| Synonyms [1] | |
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The dark toadfish (Neophrynichthys latus) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Psychrolutidae, the fatheads and toadfishes. This fish is found on the continental shelf around New Zealand.
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2023). "Neophrynichthys latus" in FishBase. February 2023 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