Austrobatrachus iselesele, a new toadfish species from South Africa (Teleostei: Batrachoididae)
Author
Greenfield, David W.
text
Zootaxa
2012
3400
58
63
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.210729
baf72361-318d-4e86-8383-07100e2c6953
1175-5326
210729
Genus
Austrobatrachus
Smith, 1949
.
Type
species
:
Pseudobatrachus foedus
Smith,1947
, by original designation and monotypy.
Diagnosis.
A member of the subfamily
Halophryninae
(
Greenfield et al., 2008
) lacking scales and a maxillary flap; a foramen present at top of pectoral-fin axil; one subopercular spine and two filaments; supraorbital tentacles absent; anterior nasal tentacle tubular with multifid fringe at tip; dorsal-fin rays fewer than 24; snout, interorbital area, and top of head posterior to orbit with many small ridges giving it a wrinkled appearance (
Fig. 2
).