Flat toadfish

Colletteichthys dussumieri

Fish Reaching Twenty Seven Centimeters in the Indian Ocean

Flat toadfish is a marine fish of Western Indian Ocean. The species occupies marine waters. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 27 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Toadfishes
Family: Batrachoididae
Genus: Colletteichthys
Maximum length: 27 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: Apparently restricted to the western coast of India from Cochin north at least to the Malabar area. Records from Sri Lanka may be a different species.

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