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Class: Teleostei
Order: Batrachoidiformes
Family: Batrachoididae Toadfishes
Subfamily: Halophryninae
Genus: Batrachomoeus

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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Batrachomoeus dahli Dahl's frogfish Eastern Indian Ocean 15.8 SL 1922
Batrachomoeus dubius Eastern frogfish Southwest Pacific 35 TL 1790
Batrachomoeus occidentalis Western frogfish Indo-West Pacific 20 TL 1976
Batrachomoeus rubricephalus Pinkhead frogfish Eastern Indian Ocean 31 TL 1976
Batrachomoeus trispinosus Three-spined frogfish Indo-West Pacific 31 TL 1861



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