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Species: Batrachoides gilberti, Large-eye toadfish

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scales on nape not reaching onto head
D 24-26
A 22-23
mouth barbels white
pectoral - white + dark bars
LL white, 36-45 + 33-41

Batrachoides gilberti Meek & Hildebrand, 1928

Large-eye toadfish

Head depressed, narrow; eyes relatively large, no tentacles over eyes; filaments between and behind eyes; 2 spines on upper opercle; 2 spines below and behind opercular spines; teeth pointed; gill openings restricted to side, before pectoral fin base; dorsal rays III, 24-26; anal 22-23 rays; discrete glands on inner surface of pectoral fin between bases of upper rays, glandular tissue but no pore just behind pectoral base; 2 lateral lines, (upper 36-45 pores, lower 33-41 (usually 34 or more); no light organs; body covered with small imbedded scales; scales on top end at rear of nape only.

Large fish nearly uniform brown above; juveniles with dark bars; pectoral and tail fins with distinct dark and white bars, dorsal and anal fins with oblique stripes of same color; 2 lateral lines white; many of mouth barbels white.

Size: 27 cm.

Habitat: soft bottoms, marine, estuarine and into freshwater.

Depth: 3-30 m.

The W Caribbean.


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Salinity
  • Marine
  • Brackish
  • Freshwater
Inshore/Offshore
  • Inshore Only
  • Inshore
Water Column Position
  • Bottom
Habitat
  • Estuary
  • Sand & gravel
  • Mud
  • Freshwater
  • Soft bottom only
FishBase Habitat
  • Demersal
Feeding Group
  • Carnivore
  • Data
Diet
  • Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
  • Bony fishes
  • Data
  • Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
Egg Type
  • Data
  • Benthic
  • No pelagic larva
  • No pelagic phase
Global Endemism
  • West Atlantic Endemic
  • All species.
  • Greater Caribbean endemic
Regional Endemism
  • Continent
  • Continent only
  • GC endemic
  • Caribbean endemic
  • All species..
Residency
  • Resident
Climate Zone
  • Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
  • Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
IUCN Red List
  • Least concern
  • Listed
CITES
  • Not listed
Length Max
  • 27
Depth Range Min
  • 3
Depth Range Max
  • 30