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Batrachoididae
Gulf toadfish
Opsanus beta
Males build nests and grunt
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Central America and the Caribbean
- North America
- South America
- Fusiform
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Fusiform
MediumGulf toadfish is known from Western Atlantic as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Toadfishes
- Family
- Batrachoididae
- Genus
- Opsanus
- Maximum length
- 33 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Western Atlantic: Florida (USA), Little Bahama Bank (Bahamas) and the entire Gulf of Mexico to Campeche, Mexico (Ref. 7251 ). Range extended to Brazil (Ref. 94035 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
