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Broadbodied toadfish

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Species of fish

Broadbodied toadfish
Scientific classification Edit this 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

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Riekertia ellisi". FishBase. April 2012 version.
  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 17 July 2018.
Taxon identifiers
Riekertia ellisi


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