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Opsanus beta (Goode & Bean, 1880)

Gulf toadfish
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Mexico country information

Common names: Sapo boquiblanca
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Collected from Yucatan, Estero de Rio Mandinga, 0.5 mi S Boca del Rio, 8.5 mi S Veracruz (Ref. 41041). Recorded from Celestún Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan (Ref. 74908).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mx.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Sapo de boca blanca, Sapo boquiblanca, Lahtikonnakala, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Batrachoidiformes (Toadfishes) > Batrachoididae (Toadfishes) > Batrachoidinae
Etymology: beta: Named for its type locality, Brazil..
  More on authors: Goode & Bean.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal.   Subtropical; 35°N - 15°N, 98°W - 74°W

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