Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 33; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 31. Four lateral lines present. Caudal fin rounded (Ref. 27363).

Common Names

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Banded toadfish , English , Peru

Pehebagure , Japanese , Japan

头孔无光蟾鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

頭孔無光蟾魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Bagre , Spanish , Chile

Bagre de mar , Spanish , Chile

Fraile , Spanish , Ecuador

Peje bagre , Spanish , Chile

Pez fraile , Spanish , Peru

Sapo , Spanish , Ecuador

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Batrachoidiformes

Family: Batrachoididae

Genus: Aphos

Species: Aphos porosus (Valenciennes, 1837)

Climate Zone

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Subtropical

Location

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Southeast Pacific: Puerto Pizzoro, Peru to the Strait of Magellan.

Biology

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Found in shallow waters.

Habitat

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demersal