Family Batrachoididae (toadfish)

Actinopteri - Batrachoidiformes - Batrachoididae

Parent taxon: Batrachoidiformes according to R. Betancur et al. 2013

See also Carnevale and Godfrey 2018, Fierstine et al. 2012, Jordan 1963, Kiessling 2009, Nelson et al. 2016, Přikryl et al. 1977 and Schwarzhans 2007

Sister taxa: Batrachoidiformorum, Perulibatrachus

Subtaxa: Batrachoides Batrachoididarum Chatrabus Louckaichthys Opsanus Porichthys Zappaichthys

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (8: California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Virginia collections)

• Pliocene of Ecuador (1), Jamaica (1), United States (3: California, Florida, North Carolina)

• Miocene of Algeria (1), Austria (1), Gabon (1), Greece (1), India (1), Italy (10), Panama (5)

• Oligocene of Czechia (1), Romania (1)

• Eocene of Germany (1)

Total: 36 collections including 42 occurrences

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