Allenbatrachus

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Batrachus grunniens Ford 59.jpg

| image_caption = Allenbatrachus grunniens

| taxon = Allenbatrachus

| authority = D. W. Greenfield, 1997

| type_species = Cottus grunniens

| type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1758{{Cof record|genid=10453|title=Allenbatrachus|access-date=16 July 2018}}

}}

Allenbatrachus is a genus of toadfishes found in the Indian and western Pacific Oceans. The generic name honours the Humboldt State University ichthyologist George Allen (1923-2011), who introduced David Greenfield, who coined the name, to ichthyology.{{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}}