{{Short description|Species of fish}} {{Speciesbox | image = Bocon toadfish.jpg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name = IUCN>{{cite journal | author1 = Collette, B. | author2 = Matsuura, K. | author3 = Nelson, J. | author4 = Dooley, J. | author5 = Fritzsche, R. |author6 = Carpenter, K. | display-authors = 3 | year = 2010 | title = ''Amphichthys cryptocentrus'' | journal = The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | volume = 2010 | page = e.T155024A4701666 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T155024A4701666.en | doi-access = free }}</ref> | taxon = Amphichthys cryptocentrus | authority = (Valenciennes, 1837) | synonyms_ref =<ref name=FishBase>{{FishBase species | genus = Amphichthys | species = cryptocentrus | year = 2012| month = April}}</ref> | synonyms = ''Amphichthys hildebrandi'' <small>(Breder, 1925)</small><br /> ''Batrachus cryptocentrus'' <small>Valenciennes, 1837</small><br/> ''Marcgravia cryptocentra'' <small>(Valenciennes, 1837)</small><br /> ''Opsanus hildebrandi'' <small>Breder, 1925</small> }}
The '''Bocon toadfish''' ('''''Amphichthys cryptocentrus''''') is a species of tropical toadfish in the family Batrachoididae found along the Caribbean-Atlantic Coast of Central and South America from Panama to Brazil in the sub-tidal zone. This species grows to a length of {{convert|40|cm|in|abbr=on}}. This species is of minor importance to commercial fisheries. It deposits its eggs on the shells of molluscs and on stones. It is one of the few marine species of fish in which the male guards its fry and juveniles.<ref name = FishBase/> It feed mostly on molluscs and crustaceans.<ref name = IUCN/> It is associated with coral and rocky reefsand has a depth range of {{convert|0-70|m|ft}} and is normally found on sandy or rocky sea beds,<ref name = IUCN/> although it will also hide in caves and rock crevices.<ref name = FishBase/>
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Category:Batrachoididae Category:Fish described in 1837 Category:Fish of Aruba