Barchatus cirrhosus

Barchatus cirrhosus
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Batrachoidiformes
Family: Batrachoididae
Genus: Barchatus
Species: B. cirrhosus
Binomial name
Barchatus cirrhosus
(Klunzinger, 1871)

Barchatus cirrhosus is a species of toadfish native to the western Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. This species grows to a length of 35 cm (14 in). It is one of the species of toadfishes known to have venomous spines.[1]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Barchatus cirrhosus" in FishBase. November 2014 version.
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