Species: Sanopus greenfieldorum, Whitelined Toadfish

Sanopus greenfieldorum Collette, 1983

Whitelined Toadfish

Relatively long bodied; head depressed, with many branched barbells and skin flaps, especially along lower jaw; only 1-2 barbells in center of chin are branched, barbells long and thin; no cirri between eyes; front nostrils are tubular; gill openings restricted to side, before pectoral fin base; operculum with 2 solid spines at top corner and one at bottom corner; a large pore leading to a group of glands just behind base of pectoral fin, no glands on pectoral fin itself; dorsal fin III, 31-34; anal fin 25-28; 2 lateral lines, 32-38 papillae on upper lateral line, 27-34 on lower line; no light organs; no scales.

Head and body blackish, head with many thin white lines and bars; body with scattered white spots, pores of upper and lower lateral lines in white spots.

Reaches 31 cm.

Lives in caves under corals.

Depth range: 5-30 m.

Known only from the Belize barrier reef and offshore islands.