Opsanus

Opsanus beta

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Batrachoidiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Batrachoidaria Ordo: Batrachoidiformes

Familia: Batrachoididae
Subfamilia: Batrachoidinae
Genus: Opsanus
Species: O. beta – O. dichrostomus – O. pardus – O. phobetron – O. tau

Name

Opsanus Rafinesque, 1818

Gender: masculine

Type species: Opsanus cerapalus Rafinesque, 1818 by original designation.

References

• Rafinesque, C. S. 1818. Description of two new genera of North American fishes, Opsanus, and Notropis. American Monthly Magazine and Critical Revue v. 2 (3): 203–204.
• Greenfield, D.W., R. Winterbottom, and B.B. Collette. 2008. Review of the toadfish genera (Teleostei: Batrachoididae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series, 59(15): 665–710
• Opsanus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).