# Colletteichthys

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{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox 
| image = Colletteichthys dussumieri.jpg
| image_caption = ''Colletteichthys dussumieri''
| taxon = Colletteichthys
| authority = [D. W. Greenfield](/source/David_Wayne_Greenfield), 2006
| type_species = ''Batrachus dussumieri''
| type_species_authority = Valenciennes, 1837<ref name=CoF>{{Cof record|genid=10920|title=''Colletteichthys''|access-date=17 July 2018}}</ref>
}}

'''''Colletteichthys''''' is a genus of [toadfishes](/source/Batrachoididae) found in the western [Indian Ocean](/source/Indian_Ocean). The [generic name](/source/genus) is a compound of the [surname](/source/surname) [Collette](/source/Collette_(surname)), in honour of the [American](/source/United_States) [ichthyologist](/source/Ichthyology) [Bruce Baden Collette](/source/Bruce_Baden_Collette) to recognise his contribution to the study of toadfish, and the [Greek](/source/Greek_language) ''ichthys'' meaning "fish".<ref name = ETYFish>{{cite web | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | name-list-style = amp | url = http://www.etyfish.org/batrachoidiformes/ | title = Order BATRACHOIDIFORMES (Toadfishes) | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 26 July 2017 | accessdate = 16 July 2018}}</ref>

==Species==
The recognized species in this genus are:<ref>{{FishBase genus | genus = Colletteichthys| month = April | year = 2012}}</ref><ref name=Greenfield2012/>
* ''[Colletteichthys dussumieri](/source/Colletteichthys_dussumieri)'' <small>([Valenciennes](/source/Achille_Valenciennes), 1837)</small> (flat toadfish)
* ''[Colletteichthys flavipinnis](/source/Colletteichthys_flavipinnis)'' <small>[D. W. Greenfield](/source/David_Wayne_Greenfield), [Bineesh](/source/Kinattum_Kara_Bineesh) & [Akhilesh](/source/Kalli_Valappil_Akhilesh), 2012</small><ref name=Greenfield2012>{{cite journal | author1 = Greenfield, D.W. | author2 = Bineesh, K.K. | author3 = Akhilesh, K.V. | name-list-style=amp | year = 2012|title = ''Colletteichthys flavipinnis,'' a new toadfish species from Sri Lanka and India (Teleostei: Batrachoididae) | journal = Zootaxa| volume = 3437 | pages = 24–31| doi = 10.11646/zootaxa.3437.1.2 }}</ref>
* ''[Colletteichthys occidentalis](/source/Colletteichthys_occidentalis)'' <small>[D. W. Greenfield](/source/David_Wayne_Greenfield), 2012</small> (Arabian toadfish)

==References==
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Category:Batrachoididae
Category:Taxa named by David Wayne Greenfield

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