| Banded toadfish | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Batrachoidiformes |
| Family: | Batrachoididae |
| Subfamily: | Porichthyinae |
| Genus: | Aphos C. L. Hubbs & L. P. Schultz, 1939 |
| Species: | A. porosus |
| Binomial name | |
| Aphos porosus (Valenciennes, 1837) | |
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| Synonyms | |
The banded toadfish (Aphos porosus) is a species of toadfish found along the Pacific coast of South America where it is found in Chile, Ecuador and Peru. This species grows to a length of 28 centimetres (11 in) TL. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Aphos. Unlike the other genus, Porichthys in this subfamily the banded toadfish lacks photophores.
References
- Collette, B.; Acero, A. & Betancur, R. (2010). "Aphos porosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T183734A8166907. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T183734A8166907.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Aphos porosus". FishBase. April 2012 version.
- David W. Greenfield; Richard Winterbottom & Bruce Baden Collette (2008). "Review of the toadfish genera (Teleostei: Batrachoididae)". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 4. 59 (15): 665–710.
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| Aphos porosus | |
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