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Bony fish

Leopard Toadfish

Opsanus pardus

Also known as: Barbell, Frogfish

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2015
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Overview

Found singly, over rock and sandy bottoms, or around shipwrecks, in deepwater, rocky off-shore reefs.
Western Central Atlantic - Gulf of Mexico

Toadfish can make a load croaking noise with their swim bladders. Their mouth can open and expand to the width of their bodies to engulf large prey.
Has poisonous spines.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
black spotspeckledspots
Body shape
tassels
Behaviour
solitary

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Western Central Atlantic
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Found singly, over rock and sandy bottoms, or around shipwrecks, in deepwater, rocky off-shore reefs.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderBatrachoidiformes
    5. familyBatrachoididae
    6. genusOpsanus
    7. speciesOpsanus pardus (Goode & Bean, 1880)

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