Broadbodied toadfish | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Batrachoidiformes |
Family: | Batrachoididae |
Subfamily: | Halophryninae |
Genus: | Riekertia |
Species: | R. ellisi |
Binomial name | |
Riekertia ellisi J. L. B. Smith, 1952 |
The broadbodied toadfish (Riekertia ellisi) is a species of toadfish only known from the coasts of South Africa. This species grows to a length of 29 centimetres (11 in) TL. Its binomial name honours two people: the generic name honours Dr. C. Riekert who sent J. L. B. Smith "many specimens", while the specific name honours P. V. Ellis who collected the type specimen.
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Riekertia ellisi". FishBase. April 2012 version.
- 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 17 July 2018.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Riekertia ellisi |
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