Halobatrachus didactylus Lusitanian toadfish

Halobatrachus didactylus is commonly referred to as Lusitanian toadfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Niet geschikt voor huiskameraquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Prof. Dr. Peter Wirtz, Madeira

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Scientific:: Halobatrachus didactylus
German:: Lusitanische Krötenfisch
English:: Lusitanian Toadfish

Category:

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Batrachoidiformes (Order) > Batrachoididae (Family) > Halobatrachus (Genus) > didactylus (Species)
Initial determination:: (Bloch & Schneider, ), 1801

Occurrence:: Ghana, Straße von Gibraltar, Bay of Biscay, European Coasts, Madeira, Morocco, Northern Africa, Portugal, Scandinavia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Spain, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Ivory Coast, the Mediterranean Sea, West Africa
Sea depth:: 10 - 50 Meter
Size:: 13.78" - 19.69" (35cm - 50cm)
Temperature:: 62.6 °F - 80.6 °F (17°C - 27°C)
Food:: Clam meat, Clams, Coralfish of all kind, Crabs, Crustaceans, Edible crab, Fish (little fishes), Invertebrates, Krill, Mysis, Predatory, Rock shrimps, Schrimps, Snails
Difficulty:: Niet geschikt voor huiskameraquaria!
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Least concern (LC)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Halobatrachus didactylus
Lusitanische Krötenfisch

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2012-11-02 22:03:03
Last edit:: 2021-12-10 16:12:40

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(Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Distribution:
Eastern Atlantic: southern Bay of Biscay to Ghana, including the western Mediterranean. Reported from the Gambia.

Biology:
Sedentary species which occurs on soft sand or mud, often partly buried or concealed in rock crevices, solitary in shallow water.
Feeds on crustaceans, mollusks and small fishes.
The female lays eggs which are large enough and which are turned over to the males who guard them.

Synonymised taxa:
Batrachoides didactylus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Batrachoides planifrons (Guichenot, 1850)
Batrachus algeriensis Guichenot, 1850
Batrachus borealis Nilsson, 1832
Batrachus conspicillum Cuvier, 1829
Batrachus didactylus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Batrachus guentheri Bleeker, 1863
Batrachus planifrons Guichenot, 1850
Batrachus punctatus Agassiz, 1831
Batrachus punctulatus Agassiz, 1831 (misspelling)

External links

FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Homepage Prof. Dr. Peter Wirtz (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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