Flat Toadfish
Colletteichthys dussumieri
- Usual depth78 m
- Water temperature26–29 °C
- Best monthsSeptember
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Afsar Nayakkan, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Colletteichthys dussumieri is a species of toadfish from the family Batrachoididae.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Colletteichthys dussumieri”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 2 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 2 records
- September: 4 records
- October: 1 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 78 m · Deepest record: 78 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 26–29 °C
Photos
(c) Shaunak Modi, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Flat Toadfish
Other scientific names: Austrobatrachus dussumieri, Batrachus dussumieri
Similar species
- Yellowfin Toadfish
Colletteichthys flavipinnis
blotchtail toadfishBatrachomoeus dubius
Pink-headed FrogfishBatrachomoeus rubricephalus
Broadbent's FrogfishBatrachomoeus trispinosus
Australian FrogfishHalophryne diemensis
- frogfish
Allenbatrachus grunniens
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 21 open-data records from 1837 to 2016.
- Species data updated November 1, 2026.
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