| Daector | |
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| Daector dowi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Batrachoidiformes |
| Family: | Batrachoididae |
| Subfamily: | Thalassophryninae |
| Genus: | Daector Jordan & Evermann, 1898 |
| Type species | |
| Thalassophryne dowi Jordan & Gilbert, 1887[1] | |
Daector is a genus of toadfishes, with three species found along the Pacific Coast of Central America (one, D. dowi, reaches the Peruvian Coast of South America) and two species, D. gerringi and D. quadrizonatus, are found in South American rivers.
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:[2]
- Daector dowi (Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1887) (Dow's toadfish)
- Daector gerringi (Rendahl (de), 1941)
- Daector quadrizonatus (C. H. Eigenmann, 1922)
- Daector reticulata (Günther, 1864) (reticulated toadfish)
- Daector schmitti Collette, 1968 (Schmitt's toadfish)
References
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Daector". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Daector in FishBase. April 2012 version.
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