toadfish
The English word “toadfish” has 11 meanings listed here.
noun
- Any fish of the genus Lophius.
- Any of the ray-finned fishes of family Batrachoididae of benthic ambush predators.
- Banded toadfish, of Australia (Torquigener pleurogramma).
- Blackspotted toadfish, of the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans (Arothron nigropunctatus).
- Common toadfish (or toadfish), of Australia and New Zealand (Tetractenos hamiltoni).
- Prickly toadfish, of Australia and New Zealand (Contusus richei).
- Red striped toadfish, of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea (Dichotomyctere erythrotaenia, syn. Tetraodon erythrotaenia).
- Smooth toadfish, of Australia (Tetractenos glaber).
- Dark toadfish (Neophrynichthys latus).
- Frilled toadfish, of Macquarie Island (Ambophthalmos magnicirrus).
- Pale toadfish of New Zealand (Ambophthalmos angustus).
Etymology
From toad + fish, in reference to their toadlike appearance.
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