Porichthys Girard 1854 (toadfish)
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Osteichthyes - Batrachoidiformes - Batrachoididae
Parent taxon: Batrachoididae according to H. L. Fierstine et al. 2012
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Stringer 1998
Sister taxa: Batrachoides, Batrachoididarum, Chatrabus, Louckaichthys, Opsanus, Zappaichthys
Subtaxa: Porichthys myriaster Porichthys notatus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (12: California, Louisiana collections)
• Pliocene of Ecuador (1), Jamaica (1), United States (1: California)
• Miocene of Panama (2)
Total: 17 collections including 25 occurrences
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