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Cano toadfish (Thalassophryne maculosa)
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Cano toadfish (Thalassophryne maculosa) specimen
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Batrachoididae

Cano toadfish

Thalassophryne maculosa

Fish Found at Two Hundred Meters

  • Tropical
  • Southern Hemisphere
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • South America
  • Fusiform
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

Cano toadfish is a marine fish found around Western Central Atlantic. It inhabits reef habitat. The largest recorded length is 20 cm.

Maximum length
20 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
fusiform
Distribution
Western Central Atlantic: northern coast of South America. The junior synonym, Batrachus uranoscopus , found listed in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [as Vulnerable B1ab (I,iii) + 2ab (I,iii), based on a 2001assessment] is thus not justified (Ref. 81293 ).
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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