dark toadfish

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2024}}

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| image = Neophrynichthys latus.jpg

| image_caption = A dark toadfish observed near Stewart Island

| taxon = Neophrynichthys latus

| authority = (F. W. Hutton, 1875)

| synonyms = * Psychrolutes latus Hutton, 1875

| synonyms_ref = {{FishBase|Neophrynichthys|latus|month=February|year=2023}}

}}

File:Neophrynichthys latus (Dark toadfish).gif

The dark toadfish (Neophrynichthys latus) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Psychrolutidae, the fatheads and toadfishes. This fish is found on the continental shelf around New Zealand.

References

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  • 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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Category:Psychrolutidae

Category:Endemic marine fish of New Zealand

Category:Fish described in 1875