| Pale toadfish | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Psychrolutidae |
| Genus: | Ambophthalmos |
| Species: | A. angustus |
| Binomial name | |
| Ambophthalmos angustus (Nelson, 1977) |
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The pale toadfish (Ambophthalmos angustus, previously classified as Neophrynichthys angustus[1]) is a fathead of the family Psychrolutidae, found on the continental shelf around New Zealand, between 250 and 1,000 metres. It is up to 30 cm long.