Colletteichthys Explained

Colletteichthys is a genus of toadfishes found in the western Indian Ocean. The generic name is a compound of the surname Collette, in honour of the American ichthyologist Bruce Baden Collette to recognise his contribution to the study of toadfish, and the Greek ichthys meaning "fish".^[1]

Species

The recognized species in this genus are:

• Colletteichthys dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1837) (flat toadfish)
• Colletteichthys flavipinnis D. W. Greenfield, Bineesh & Akhilesh, 2012^[2]
• Colletteichthys occidentalis D. W. Greenfield, 2012 (Arabian toadfish)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . amp . Order BATRACHOIDIFORMES (Toadfishes) . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara . 26 July 2017 . 16 July 2018.
2. Greenfield, D.W. . Bineesh, K.K. . Akhilesh, K.V. . amp . 2012. Colletteichthys flavipinnis, a new toadfish species from Sri Lanka and India (Teleostei: Batrachoididae) . Zootaxa. 3437 . 24–31. 10.11646/zootaxa.3437.1.2 .