Toadfish goby

Toadfish goby
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Gobiidae
Genus:	Cryptopsilotris Tornabene, Van Tassell & Gilmore, 2016
Species:	C. batrachodes
Binomial name
Cryptopsilotris batrachodes (Böhlke, 1963)
Synonyms
Psilotris batrachodesBöhlke, 1963

The toadfish goby (Cryptopsilotris batrachodes) is a species of bony fish in the family Gobiidae which is found in areas of sandy substrates among coral reefs. ^[2] It occurs in the western Atlantic Ocean from the Bahamas south through the Caribbean Sea as well as along the Central and South American coast from Belize to Santa Marta, Colombia. ^[1] It is the only species in the monotypic genus Cryptopsilotris, ^[3] although it was formerly classified under Psilotris and its generic name means "hidden Pilotris", meaning that it was hidden within that genus. ^[4]

References

1. Pezold, F.; van Tassell, J.; Tornabene, L.; Aiken, K.A. & Bouchereau, J.-L. (2015). "Psilotris batrachodes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2015 e.T185891A1786307. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T185891A1786307.en .
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Crytopilotris batrachodes". FishBase . June 2018 version.
3. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Cryptopsilotris batrachodes". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 24 August 2018.
4. Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (29 May 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (a-c)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 19 August 2018.