oyster toadfish

Opsanus tau

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oyster toadfish is a fish of Western Atlantic. Records give a maximum length of 43.2 cm. Its body is fusiform body.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Toadfishes
Family: Batrachoididae
Genus: Opsanus
Maximum length: 43.2 cm
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Western Atlantic: Cape Cod, Massachusetts to Florida in USA, straggling south to Miami in cold years.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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