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Oyster toadfish mostly live within and around oyster reefs, as well as wrecks, debris, rocks and other dark, secluded places. Above, an oyster toadfish is caught during the Rod and Reef Slam fishing tournament held at the site of a restored oyster reef on the Choptank River on Oct. 7, 2017. The tournament was hosted by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation to highlight the return of trophy fish species that rely on oyster reef habitat in Chesapeake Bay. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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98E03572 (30 September 1997) -- KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- An oyster toadfish (Opsanus tau), like those that are part of the Neurolab payload on Space Shuttle Mission STS-90, is shown in its holding tank in the Space Station Processing Facility. Each fish is between eight and 14 inches long. Toadfish live in an estuarine environment and are native to areas along the Northeast coast of the United States. Investigations during the Neurolab mission will focus on the effects of microgravity on the nervous system. This fish is an excellent model for looking at vestibular function because the architecture of its inner and middle ear are similar to those of mammals with respect to the vestibular apparatus. (KSC Number 98PC-415)
These fish are apparently only found in Cozumel. I was told afterwards that just to the right of my camera shot, there were juveniles - somehow I missed them
Cozumel toadfish
Sanopus johnsoni
Cozumel Island, Mexico
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Picture taken while diving with:
Smooth toadfish - Tetractenos glaber (Fréminville, 1813) [more of this species]
Date: April 22, 2006
Location: Manly [more at this location]
Country: Australia
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Smooth Toadfish ( Tetractenos glaber ) with parasitic - toadfishing riding - Cleaner shrimp ( Macrobranchium intermedium )
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This one appears to have some scars or featherless patches on her wings. She is carrying an Oyster Toadfish.
(James River, Newport News, Virginia)
The toadfish Allenbatrachus reticulatus occurs in Austro-Indonesian waters. Specimen from the U.S. Museum of Natural History (USNM 333283). © D. Biston Vaz.
The toadfish Allenbatrachus reticulatus occurs in Austro-Indonesian waters. Specimen from the U.S. Museum of Natural History (USNM 333283). © D. Biston Vaz.
Also known as Toadfishes, Blowfishes, Stellate Puffer, Starry Pufferfish, Starry Puffer, Star Puffer, Starry Toby, Starry Toadfish, Starry Blowfish and Giant Pufferfish.
Found singly in lagoons, inner and outer reefs, sometimes swimming high above the reef.
Juveniles have zebra stripes, changing to spots and blotches that as they grow the spots become smaller, found over sand and weedy areas of estuaries and inshore silty waters.
They feed on crustaceans, sea urchins, sponges, coral and algae.
These are the largest Pufferfish.
Length - 1m
Depth - 3-60m
Widespread Indo-Pacific
The bodies of Pufferfish are covered in a toxic mucus, if the skin or flesh is consumed it can be fatal to humans.
When threatened they will puff up like a football to deter predators.
Nuweiba, Gulf of Aqaba, Egypt.
At the Smithsonian aquarium exhibit in Ft. Pierce. These guys sit lurking at the bottom, nicely camoflouged. A worm-like appendage above the eyes acts as a "lure" to attract a prey item - another fish that thinks it is about to eat a tasty little worm or fish. And then in a fraction of a second - WHOMP the toadfish sucks in with such force that instantly the fish - which can be almost as large as the frogfish itself - is engulfed.
The splendid toadfish, Sanopus splendidus, also known as the coral toadfish, is a species of toadfish entirely endemic to the island of Cozumel. Commonly found under coral outcroppings. Dens can be spotted by the sloping sand patch. They are very difficult to coax out in the open.
Photographed at Ovid Woods on 24 May. One of the few advantages of our recent Seattle (in November) like weather is that it creates a toadfish. This Woodhouse's (the common toad of eastern Colorado) was hopping down the highway through Ovid. Note that it appears to have "spades" on its feet like a spadefoot toad, but the enlarged parotid glands ID it as a true toad (spadefoots are, alas, not toads at all)