{{Short description|Species of fish}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2024}} {{Speciesbox | image = Ambophthalmos angustus.jpg | taxon = Ambophthalmos angustus | authority = (J. S. Nelson, 1977) | synonyms = * ''Neophrynichthys angustus'' <small>J. S. Nelson, 1977</small> | synonyms_ref = <ref name = Fishbase>{{FishBase|Ambophthalmos|angustus|month=February|year=2023}}</ref> }} The '''pale toadfish''' ('''''Ambophthalmos angustus''''', previously classified as '''''Neophrynichthys angustus'''''<ref>Keith L. Jackson and Joseph S. Nelson, ''Ambophthalmos'', a new genus for "''Neophrynichthys''" ''angustus'' and "''Neophrynichthys''" ''magnicirrus'', and the systematic interrelationships of the fathead sculpins (Cottoidei, Psychrolutidae), ''Can. J. Zool.'' 76(7): 1344–1357 (1998), {{doi|10.1139/cjz-76-7-1344}}.</ref>) is a fathead sculpin of the family Psychrolutidae.
==Habitat and appearance== The fathead sculpin is found on the continental shelf around New Zealand, between 250 and 1,000 metres deep. It is up to 30 cm long.
==References== {{Reflist}} * {{FishBase | genus = Ambophthalmos | species = angustus | month = May | year = 2006}} * Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, ''Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand'', (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) {{ISBN|0-00-216987-8}}
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Pale toadfish Category:Endemic marine fish of New Zealand Category:Fish described in 1977
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