# Toadfish

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{{short description|Common name used for fish}}
'''Toadfish''' is the common name for a variety of species from several different families of [fish](/source/fish), usually because of their toad-like appearance or calls using their swimbladder.

<gallery class="center" mode="nolines" widths="250" noborder="no" caption="Species referred to as toadfish">
File:OysterToadfish.jpeg|The [oyster toadfish](/source/oyster_toadfish) (''Opsanus tau'') is one of the [Batrachoididae](/source/Batrachoididae)
File:Tetractenos glaber.JPG|[Smooth toadfish](/source/Smooth_toadfish), ''Tetractenos glaber'' ([Tetraodontidae](/source/Tetraodontidae))
File:Neophrynichthys latus (Dark toadfish).gif|[Dark toadfish](/source/Dark_toadfish), ''Neophrynichthys latus'' ([Psychrolutidae](/source/Psychrolutidae))
</gallery>

==Batrachoididae==
The entire family ''[Batrachoididae](/source/Batrachoididae)'' are typically called toadfishes. They are [benthic](/source/benthic) [ambush predator](/source/ambush_predator)s, known for their ability to produce sound with their [swim bladder](/source/swim_bladder)s; the [midshipmen](/source/Midshipman_fish) are [especially well-known for this ability](/source/Reproduction_and_vocalization_in_midshipman_fish).

==Tetraodontidae==
The name ''toadfish'' is applied to some species of the family [Tetraodontidae](/source/Tetraodontidae), including:
* The [banded toadfish](/source/Torquigener_pleurogramma), ''Torquigener pleurogramma'' (Australia)
* The [blackspotted toadfish](/source/blackspotted_toadfish), ''Arothron nigropunctatus'' (tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans)
* The [common toadfish](/source/common_toadfish) (or toadfish), ''Tetractenos hamiltoni'' (Australia and New Zealand)
* The [prickly toadfish](/source/prickly_toadfish), shared by ''[Contusus richei](/source/Contusus_richei)'' (Australia and New Zealand) and ''[Contusus brevicaudus](/source/Contusus_brevicaudus)'' (Australia)
* The [red striped toadfish](/source/red_striped_toadfish), ''Tetraodon erythrotaenia'' (Indonesia and Papua New Guinea)
* The [silver-cheeked toadfish](/source/Lagocephalus_sceleratus), ''Lagocephalus sceleratus'' (tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans, invasive in the Mediterranean Sea)
* The [smooth toadfish](/source/smooth_toadfish), ''Tetractenos glaber'' (Australia)

==Psychrolutidae==
The name ''toadfish'' is also applied to some sculpin species of the family [Psychrolutidae](/source/Psychrolutidae):
* The [dark toadfish](/source/dark_toadfish), ''Neophrynichthys latus'' (New Zealand)
* The [frilled toadfish](/source/frilled_toadfish), ''Ambophthalmos magnicirrus'' (Macquarie Island)
* The [pale toadfish](/source/pale_toadfish), ''Ambophthalmos angustus'' (New Zealand)

== Gobiidae ==
* The [toadfish goby](/source/toadfish_goby), ''Cryptopsilotris batrachodes'' (Atlantic Ocean) 

==External links==
*[http://www.fishbase.org/ComNames/CommonNameSearchList.cfm?commonname=toadfish Fishbase list of species commonly called "toadfish"]

==See also==
* [Frogfish](/source/Frogfish) and [Frog-fish](/source/Frog-fish), types of [anglerfish](/source/anglerfish)
* [Toadie Rebecchi](/source/Toadie_Rebecchi), Australian soap opera character nicknamed "Toadfish"
Category:Fish common names

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