Pale toadfish
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| Pale toadfish | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Suborder: | Cottoidei |
| Family: | Psychrolutidae |
| Genus: | Ambophthalmos |
| Species: | A. angustus
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| Binomial name | |
| Ambophthalmos angustus (J. S. Nelson, 1977)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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The pale toadfish (Ambophthalmos angustus, previously classified as Neophrynichthys angustus[2]) is a fathead sculpin of the family Psychrolutidae.
Habitat and appearance
[edit | edit source]The fathead sculpin is found on the continental shelf around New Zealand, between 250 and 1,000 metres deep. It is up to 30 cm long.
References
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