Species: Batrachoides waltersi, Hairy toadfish, Multipored toadfish, Walter's toadfish
small eye
nape scales to just behind transverse canal
D 26-28; A 23-25
pectoral bars + spots
C: bars
Batrachoides waltersi Collette & Russo, 1981
Multipored toadfish, Walter's toadfish, Hairy toadfish
Body elongate, depressed at front, compressed at rear; head broad, moderately depressed; eyes small (3-6% of SL); no tentacles over eye; filaments on snout and between eyes; mouth strongly oblique, lower jaw projecting; teeth pointed; 2 spines on upper opercle, 2 more below and behind those; dorsal fin with 3 solid spines, spiny and soft parts joined; dorsal rays III, 26-28; anal 23-25 rays; pectoral 21-23 rays, 16-18 glandular pores on inner membranes of pectoral fins; dorsal and anal fins not joined to tail fin; body covered with small imbedded scales; scales on nape almost reaching transverse lateral line canal on rear of head.
Body medium dark, 4-5 wide dark bars on upper back and side, another encircling tail base; dorsal dark, with broad oblique darker bands; head pale with dark blotches over top and sides; throat pale; tail with 4 dark bars, thinnest 2 in center, pale margin; anal pale with dark margin; pectoral pale with dark bars on base and margin and 2 rows dark spots in between; pelvic pale with dark tip.
Size: 35 cm.
Habitat: soft bottoms, river mouths and bays.
Depth: 15-75 m.
Southern Mexico to Costa Rica.
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- Salinity
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- Freshwater
- Non Marine
- Brackish
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Bottom only
- Habitat
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- Soft bottom only
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Freshwater
- Mud
- Sand & gravel
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- No Data
- Diet
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- No Data
- Octopus/squid/cuttlefish
- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Bony fishes
- Sea-stars/cucumbers/urchins
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Egg Type
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- Benthic
- No data
- No pelagic larva
- No pelagic phase
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- East Pacific endemic
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent
- Continental TEP endemic
- Mexican + Panamic provinces endemic
- TEP endemic
- Continent only
- All species
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Least concern
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 35
- Depth Range Min
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- 15
- Depth Range Max
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- 75
