Frilled toadfish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Psychrolutidae
Genus: Ambophthalmos
Species:
A. magnicirrus
Binomial name
Ambophthalmos magnicirrus
(J. S. Nelson, 1977)
Synonyms[1]

Neophrynichthys magnicirrus J. S. Nelson, 1977

The frilled toadfish[2] (Ambophthalmos magnicirrus, previously classified as Neophrynichthys magnicirrus[3]) is a fathead sculpin of the family Psychrolutidae, found on the continental shelf around Australia's Macquarie Island.[2]

References

  1. โ†‘ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2023). "Ambophthalmos magnicirrus" in FishBase. February 2023 version.
  2. 1 2 Dianne J. Bray. "Ambophthalmos magnicirrus". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  3. โ†‘ 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): 1344โ€“1357 (1998), doi:10.1139/cjz-76-7-1344.
  • 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
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