WHATSTHATFISH
Bony fish

Lusitanian Toadfish

Halobatrachus didactylus

Also known as: Barbells, Frogfish, Portuguese Toadfish

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2015
Adult
@jpc · Praia da Luz, Algarve, Portugal · June 19991 / 1
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Overview

Found singly, often buried in sand or rock crevices, with just their eyes showing, over shallow, coastal bays and lagoons.

Toadfish can make a load croaking noise with their swim bladders. They breathe air when out of water for up to 24hrs. 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

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean
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Found singly, often buried in sand or rock crevices, with just their eyes showing, over shallow, coastal bays and lagoons.

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Adult photos 1

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderBatrachoidiformes
    5. familyBatrachoididae
    6. genusHalobatrachus
    7. speciesHalobatrachus didactylus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

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    More in the family

    Toadfishes (Batrachoididae)