:Opsanus
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| image = Opsanus beta 1.jpg
| image_caption = Opsanus beta
| taxon = Opsanus
| authority = Rafinesque, 1818
| type_species = Opsanus cerapalus
| type_species_authority = Rafinesque 1818{{Cof record|genid=957|title=Opsanus|access-date=16 July 2018}}
}}
Opsanus is a genus of toadfishes found in the western Atlantic Ocean. It currently has six recognised species, with the latest one described in 2005.
Species
The recognized species in this genus are:{{FishBase genus | genus = Opsanus| month = April | year = 2012}}
- Opsanus beta (Goode & T. H. Bean, 1880) (Gulf toadfish)
- Opsanus brasiliensis Rotundo, Spinelli & Zavala-Camin, 2005 (considered by some sources to be a junior synonym of O. tau){{Cite web|url=http://www.fishbase.org/summary/FamilySummary.php?ID=189|title = FAMILY Details for Batrachoididae - Toadfishes}}
- Opsanus dichrostomus Collette, 2001 (bicolor toadfish)
- Opsanus pardus (Goode & T. H. Bean, 1880) (leopard toadfish)
- Opsanus phobetron Walters & C. R. Robins, 1961 (scarecrow toadfish)
- Opsanus tau (Linnaeus, 1766) (oyster toadfish)
References
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Category:Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque
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