# Barchatus

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{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Barchatus
| authority = [J. L. B. Smith](/source/James_Smith_(ichthyologist)), 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](/source/genus_(biology)) of [toadfish](/source/toadfish) native to the western [Indian Ocean](/source/Indian_Ocean), [Somalia](/source/Somalia) and the [Red Sea](/source/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](/source/Barchatus_cirrhosus)'' <small>[Klunzinger](/source/Carl_Benjamin_Klunzinger), 1871</small>
* ''[Barchatus indicus](/source/Barchatus_indicus)'' <small>[D. W. Greenfield](/source/David_Wayne_Greenfield), 2014</small> <ref name=Greenfield2014>Greenfield, D.W. (2014): A New Toadfish Species from Somalia (Teleostei: Batrachoididae). ''Copeia, 2014 (4): 668-672.''</ref>

==References==
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Category:Batrachoididae

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