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Mark Rosenstein, license: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, source: iNaturalist
Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Batrachoidiformes
Family:
Batrachoididae
Subfamily:
Halophryninae
Genus:
Batrachomoeus
Species:
trispinosus
Common:
Three-spined frogfish
Climates:
Tropical
Temperate
Subtropical
Boreal
Waters:
Brackish water
Marine
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Regions:
Indian Ocean, Eastern
Pacific, Western Central
Rice, A. N., Bass, A. H. 2009. Novel Vocal Repertoire and Paired Swimbladders of the Three-Spined Toadfish, Batrachomoeus trispinosus: Insights into the Diversity of the Batrachoididae. Journal of Experimental Biology, 212(9): 1377-1391.
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Species Identified
Sound Detected
Active
Passive Feeding
Other Passive
Morphophysiological
Auditory
Visual
Rice, A. N., Land, B. R., Bass, A. H. 2011. Nonlinear Acoustic Complexity in a Fish ‘Two-Voice’ System. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 278(1725): 3762-3768.