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(Redirected from Ambophthalmos angustus) Species of fish

Pale toadfish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Psychrolutidae
Genus: Ambophthalmos
Species: A. angustus
Binomial name
Ambophthalmos angustus
(J. S. Nelson, 1977)
Synonyms
  • Neophrynichthys angustus J. S. Nelson, 1977

The pale toadfish (Ambophthalmos angustus, previously classified as Neophrynichthys angustus) is a fathead sculpin of the family Psychrolutidae.

Habitat and appearance

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.

References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Ambophthalmos angustus". FishBase. February 2023 version.
  2. 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): 1344–1357 (1998), doi:10.1139/cjz-76-7-1344.
Taxon identifiers
Ambophthalmos angustus


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