{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | taxon = Barchatus | authority = J. L. B. Smith, 1952 | type_species = ''Batrachus cirrhosis'' | type_species_authority = Klunzinger 1871<ref name = CoF>{{Cof record|genid=6104|title=''Barchatus''|access-date=17 July 2018}}</ref> }}
'''''Barchatus''''' is a genus of toadfish native to the western Indian Ocean, Somalia and the Red Sea.
==Species== There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus:<ref name = FishBase>{{FishBase genus|genus=Barchatus|month=February|year=2018}}</ref> * ''Barchatus cirrhosus'' <small>Klunzinger, 1871</small> * ''Barchatus indicus'' <small>D. W. Greenfield, 2014</small> <ref name=Greenfield2014>Greenfield, D.W. (2014): A New Toadfish Species from Somalia (Teleostei: Batrachoididae). ''Copeia, 2014 (4): 668-672.''</ref>
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Category:Batrachoididae
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