Animalia > Chordata > Batrachoidiformes > Batrachoididae > Amphichthys > Amphichthys cryptocentrus

Amphichthys cryptocentrus (Sapo bocon; Sapo bacon; Bocon toadfish)

Synonyms: Amphichthys hildebrandi; Batrachus cryptocentrus; Marcgravia cryptocentra; Opsanus hildebrandi
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Wikipedia Abstract

The Bocon toadfish (Amphichthys cryptocentrus) is a species of tropical toadfish in the family Batrachoididae found along the Caribbean-Atlantic Coast of Central and South America from Panama to Brazil. This species grows to a length of 40 cm (16 in). This species is of minor importance to commercial fisheries.
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Prey / Diet

Diadema antillarum (long-spined sea urchin)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Responses of Two Coral Reef Toadfishes (Batrachoididae) to the Demise of Their Primary Prey, the Sea Urchin Diadema antillarum, D. Ross Robertson, Copeia, 1987(3), pp. 637-642
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0