toadfish

toad·fish

T0242600 (tōd′fĭsh′)n. pl. toadfish or toad·fish·es Any of various chiefly marine fishes of the family Batrachoididae, having a broad flattened head and a wide mouth with sharp teeth, and producing grunting sounds.

toadfish

(ˈtəʊdˌfɪʃ) n, pl -fish or -fishes (Animals) any spiny-finned bottom-dwelling marine fish of the family Batrachoididae, of tropical and temperate seas, having a flattened tapering body and a wide mouth

toad•fish

(ˈtoʊdˌfɪʃ)

n., pl. (esp. collectively) -fish, (esp. for kinds or species) -fish•es. any bottom-dwelling fish of the family Batrachoididae, of U.S. Atlantic coasts, having a froglike head. [1605–15]

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toadfish - bottom-dwelling fish having scaleless slimy skin and a broad thick head with a wide mouthOpsanus tauBatrachoididae, family Batrachoididae - toadfishes; related to anglers and batfishesoyster fish, oysterfish, oyster-fish - a variety of toadfishacanthopterygian, spiny-finned fish - a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays

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rana pescatrice

toadfish

toadfish,

common name for the sluggish, bottom-feeding fishes of the family Batrachoididae, found mainly in marine and brackish waters worldwide. Toadfishes feed largely on crustaceans and small fishes. The head of a toadfish is broad and flat, with barbels and fleshy fringes, sharp gill covers, and spiny protrusions on the cheeks; the mouth is enormous and has many sharp teeth. The scaleless, slimy body tapers to a slender tail. Some toadfishes grow up to 22 in. (57 cm) in length, but most are smaller. The eggs, sometimes laid in empty shells or tin cans, are guarded viciously by the male. The midshipmen (Porichthys species) of the same family are deepwater fishes of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, with many small luminescent organs on the underside of the body. Midshipman fish are also noted for the sustained noctural hums that nest-building males produce during courtship to attract females; those and other sounds are generated by muscular contractions on the swim bladder. Other members of the family, found in tropical waters, have venomous spines. Toadfishes and their relatives are classified in the phylum ChordataChordata
, phylum of animals having a notochord, or dorsal stiffening rod, as the chief internal skeletal support at some stage of their development. Most chordates are vertebrates (animals with backbones), but the phylum also includes some small marine invertebrate animals.
..... Click the link for more information. , subphylum Vertebrata, class Actinopterygii, order Batrachoidiformes, family Batrachoididae.

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noun bottom-dwelling fish having scaleless slimy skin and a broad thick head with a wide mouth

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