Species: Sanopus johnsoni, Cozumel Toadfish

Sanopus johnsoni Collette & Starck in Collette, 1974

Cozumel Toadfish

Relatively long bodied; head depressed, with many branched barbells and skin flaps, especially along lower jaw; barbells on chin long, thin, branched, branches long, thin, few; long 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, 32; 25 anal fin rays; 2 lateral lines, 37 papillae on upper lateral line, 32 on lower line; no light organs; no scales.

Head, body and fins uniform dark brown; belly pale brown with dark reticulations.

Reaches 30 cm.

Lives in caves under corals.

Depth range: 2-7 m.

Known only from offshore islands on the Caribbean coast of Mexico & Belize.