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Scarecrow toadfish (Opsanus phobetron)
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Scarecrow toadfish (Opsanus phobetron) specimen
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Batrachoididae

Scarecrow toadfish

Opsanus phobetron

Batrachoidid Fish beneath Western Atlantic

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Central America and the Caribbean
  • North America
  • Fusiform
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

Scarecrow toadfish is known from Western Atlantic as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.

Genus
Opsanus
Maximum length
21.5 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
fusiform
Distribution
Western Atlantic: Bahamas and Cuba and possibly off Yucatan, Mexico.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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