Walker's toadfish (Batrachoides walkeri)

Scientific name: Batrachoides walkeri Collette & Russo, 1981

Walker's toadfish (Batrachoides walkeri)

The Walker's toadfish (Batrachoides walkeri) is a marine fish of the family Batrachoididae. Native range: Eastern Central Pacific, known from the holotype taken from Panama Bay, Panama.

Species facts

Scientific name
Batrachoides walkeri
Family
Batrachoididae (Toadfishes)
Order
Batrachoidiformes (Toadfishes)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
17.0
Environment
Marine; demersal
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Eastern Central Pacific: known from the holotype taken from Panama Bay, Panama.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Data deficient (DD)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: of no interest
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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