Batrachus uranoscopus Guichenot, 1866 supposedly from Madagascar, is not a threatened species of toadfish (Batrachoididae)

Collette B.B., Greenfield D.W.

Published date: March 2009
Volume: 33
Number: 1
Pagination: 079-080
Publisher: Société Française d’Ichtyologie
doi: https://doi.org/10.26028/cybium/2009-331-009
Abstract

Batrachus uranoscopus Guichenot, 1866 supposedly from Madagascar, is a junior synonym of Thalassophryne maculosa Günther, 1861 from northern South America and should be removed from the IUCN Red List of vulnerable species and from the list of Madagascar ichthyofauna.

Keywords: Batrachoididae - Batrachus uranoscopus - Junior synonym - Madagascar - Red List. - Thalassophryne maculosa
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