Toadfish

<h2 id="batrachoididae">Batrachoididae</h2>
<p>The entire family <i><a href="/facts/Batrachoididae/aWqxN1QF">Batrachoididae</a></i> are typically called toadfishes. They are <a href="/facts/Benthic/N3lM6P7I">benthic</a> <a href="/facts/Ambush_predator/Va9QYvEB">ambush predators</a>, known for their ability to produce sound with their <a href="/facts/Swim_bladder/bEGmPNp8">swim bladders</a>; the <a href="/facts/Midshipman_fish/dwYLA91d">midshipmen</a> are <a href="/facts/Reproduction_and_vocalization_in_midshipman_fish/HG0A10Rx">especially well-known for this ability</a>.
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<h2 id="tetraodontidae">Tetraodontidae</h2>
<p>The name <i>toadfish</i> is applied to some species of the family <a href="/facts/Tetraodontidae/xh8qXNnw">Tetraodontidae</a>, including:
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<ul><li>The <a href="/facts/Torquigener_pleurogramma/wNgncllI">banded toadfish</a>, <i>Torquigener pleurogramma</i> (Australia)</li>
<li>The <a href="/facts/Blackspotted_toadfish/hMjBAq9X">blackspotted toadfish</a>, <i>Arothron nigropunctatus</i> (tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans)</li>
<li>The <a href="/facts/Common_toadfish/hSYGeBy7">common toadfish</a> (or toadfish), <i>Tetractenos hamiltoni</i> (Australia and New Zealand)</li>
<li>The <a href="/facts/Prickly_toadfish/9L3evWg3">prickly toadfish</a>, <i>Contusus richei</i> (Australia and New Zealand)</li>
<li>The <a href="/facts/Red_striped_toadfish/Bz7M6toH">red striped toadfish</a>, <i>Tetraodon erythrotaenia</i> (Indonesia and Papua New Guinea)</li>
<li>The <a href="/facts/Lagocephalus_sceleratus/8Q7Mvm33">silver-cheeked toadfish</a>, <i>Lagocephalus sceleratus</i> (tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans, invasive in the Mediterranean Sea)</li>
<li>The <a href="/facts/Smooth_toadfish/G6BxVnQs">smooth toadfish</a>, <i>Tetractenos glaber</i> (Australia)</li></ul>
<h2 id="psychrolutidae">Psychrolutidae</h2>
<p>The name <i>toadfish</i> is also applied to some sculpin species of the family <a href="/facts/Psychrolutidae/ID2YA5EL">Psychrolutidae</a>:
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<ul><li>The <a href="/facts/Dark_toadfish/2ff037XP">dark toadfish</a>, <i>Neophrynichthys latus</i> (New Zealand)</li>
<li>The <a href="/facts/Frilled_toadfish/Jz7BH1e7">frilled toadfish</a>, <i>Ambophthalmos magnicirrus</i> (Macquarie Island)</li>
<li>The <a href="/facts/Pale_toadfish/fNazl4me">pale toadfish</a>, <i>Ambophthalmos angustus</i> (New Zealand)</li></ul>
<h2 id="gobiidae">Gobiidae</h2>
<ul><li>The <a href="/facts/Toadfish_goby/krIbq0dL">toadfish goby</a>, <i>Cryptopsilotris batrachodes</i> (Atlantic Ocean)</li></ul>
<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.fishbase.org/ComNames/CommonNameSearchList.cfm?commonname=toadfish">Fishbase list of species commonly called "toadfish"</a></li></ul>
<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Frogfish/caW00RTx">Frogfish</a> and <a href="/facts/Frog-fish/zogUaEyB">Frog-fish</a>, types of <a href="/facts/Anglerfish/oTpyBSjS">anglerfish</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Toadie_Rebecchi/l9qv0Utw">Toadie Rebecchi</a>, Australian soap opera character nicknamed "Toadfish"</li></ul>

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