Batrachomoeus trispinosus

Batrachomoeus trispinosus, the three-spined frogfish or Broadbent's frogfish, is a species of Indo-Pacific toadfish, from the largely Old World subfamily, Halophryninae, of the family Batrachoididae. It is the type species of the genus Batrachomoeus.[2]

Batrachomoeus trispinosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Batrachoidiformes
Family: Batrachoididae
Genus: Batrachomoeus
Species:
B. trispinosus
Binomial name
Batrachomoeus trispinosus
(Günther, 1861)
Synonyms[1]
  • Batrachus trispinosus Günther, 1861
  • Halophryne trispinosus (Günther, 1861)
  • Batrachomoeus broadbenti Ogilby, 1908
  • Pseudobatrachus eugeneius Fowler, 1937

B. trispinosus is a tropical species which can be found in a variety of habitats including intertidal flats near mangroves, estuaries, and reefs down to depths of 68 metres (223 ft).[3] It is distributed in the eastern Indian and western Pacific Oceans from Thailand to the Arafura Sea between northern Australia and New Guinea, it is found in the Mekong Delta.[1] The alternative common name and the synonym Batrachomoeus broadbenti were coined by Ogilby in honour of the Australian explorer and collector of Australian and New Guinea specimens, Kendall Broadbent.[4]

References
  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Batrachomoeus trispinosus" in FishBase. February 2018 version.
  2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Batrachomoeus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  3. Bray, D.J. (2017). "Batrachomoeus trispinosus". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  4. J.D. Ogilby (1908). "Revision of the Batrachoididae of Queensland". Annals of the Queensland Museum. 9 (2): 43–57.
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