Allenbatrachus is a genus of toadfishes found in the Indian and western Pacific Oceans. The generic name honours the Humboldt State University ichthyologist George Allen (1923-2011), who introduced David Greenfield, who coined the name, to ichthyology.[2]

Allenbatrachus
Allenbatrachus grunniens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Batrachoidiformes
Family: Batrachoididae
Subfamily: Halophryninae
Genus: Allenbatrachus
D. W. Greenfield, 1997
Type species
Cottus grunniens

Species edit

The recognized species in this genus are:[3]

References edit

  1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Allenbatrachus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  2. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (26 July 2017). "Order BATRACHOIDIFORMES (Toadfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Allenbatrachus in FishBase. April 2012 version.