Bocon toadfish

Bocon toadfish
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Batrachoidiformes
Family:	Batrachoididae
Genus:	Amphichthys
Species:	A. cryptocentrus
Binomial name
Amphichthys cryptocentrus (Valenciennes, 1837)
Synonyms[1]
Amphichthys hildebrandi (Breder, 1925) Batrachus cryptocentrus Valenciennes, 1837 Marcgravia cryptocentra (Valenciennes, 1837) Opsanus hildebrandi Breder, 1925

The Bocon toadfish (Amphichthys cryptocentrus) is a species of tropical toadfish in the family Batrachoididae found along the Caribbean-Atlantic Coast of Central and South America from Panama to Brazil. This species grows to a length of 40 cm (16 in). This species is of minor importance to commercial fisheries.

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