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Click on image to enlarge. © Copyright Photographer/SFTEP, 2002 · 0 Batrachoides waltersi 2 thumbnails  •  slide show español Overview Main identification features small eye filaments: snout and between eyes c: bars scales to center nape body - wide bars pectoral bars + spots Head moderately depressed; eyes small (3-6% of standard length); no tentacles over eye; filaments on snout and between eyes; 2 spines on upper opercle; 2 spines below and behind opercular spines; teeth pointed; scales on head extend well forwards, to canals on rear of head; body covered with small imbedded scales; 48-67 pores on upper lateral line, 44-62 pores on lower line; dorsal rays III,26-28; anal 23-25 rays; pectoral 21-23 rays. Body medium dark, 4-5 wide dark bars on upper back and side, another encircling tail base; dorsal dark, with broad oblique darker bands; head pale with dark blotches over top and sides; throat pale; tail with 4 dark bars, thinnest 2 in center, pale margin; anal pale with dark margin; pectoral pale with dark bars on base and margin and 2 rows dark spots in between; pelvic pale with dark tip. Size: 35 cm. Habitat: soft bottoms, river mouths and bays. Depth: 15-75 m. Southern Mexico to Costa Rica. Attributes Abundance: Common. Cites: Not listed. Climate Zone: Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos); Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo). Depth Range Max: 75 m. Depth Range Min: 15 m. Diet: mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves; bony fishes; sea-stars/cucumbers/urchins; mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs); octopus/squid/cuttlefish. Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=18; Southern limit=9; Western limit=-102; Eastern limit=-83; Latitudinal range=9; Longitudinal range=19. Egg Type: Benthic; No pelagic larva; No pelagic phase. Feeding Group: Carnivore. FishBase Habitat: Demersal. Global Endemism: Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species. Habitat: Mud; Sand & gravel; Soft bottom (mud, sand,gravel, beach, estuary & mangrove); Soft bottom only; Freshwater. Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only. IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed. Length Max: 35 cm. Regional Endemism: Continent; Continent only; TEP endemic; Continental TEP endemic; Mexican + Panamic provinces endemic; All species. Residency: Resident. Salinity: Brackish; Freshwater; Non Marine. Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only; Names Scientific source: Integrated Taxonomic Information System Links to other sites Fishbase Catalog of Fishes Integrated Taxonomic Information System References Castri-Aguirre, J.L., Espinoza-Pérez, H. and Schmitter-Soto, J.J., 2002., Lista sitemática, biogeográfica y ecológica de la ictiofauna estuarino lagunar y vicaria de México. En: Lozano-Vilano, M. L. (Ed.). Libro Jubilar en Honor al Dr. Salvador Contreras Balderas., Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo León:117-142. Castro-Aguirre, J.L., 1999., Ictiofauna estuarino-lagunar y vicaria de México., Editorial Limusa S.A. de C.V.: 1-629pp. Collette , B.B. and Russo, J.L., 1981., A revision of the scaly toadfishes, genus Batrachoides, with descriptions of two new species from the eastern Pacific., Bull. Mar. Sci., 31:197-233. Fischer , W. , Krup , F. , Schneider , W. , Sommer , C. , Carpenter , K. E. and Niem, V. H., 1995., Guia FAO para la Identificacion de Especies de para los fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. Volumen II. Vertebrados - Parte 1., FAO2:647-1200. Lopez , M. I. and Bussing, W. A., 1982., Lista provisional de los peces marinos de la Costa Rica., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 30(1):5-26. Acknowledgements Ross Robertson, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute I thank Ashley MacDonald and John Pickering, University of Georgia, for technical support in building this page. Supported by National Biological Information Infrastructure National Science Foundation go to Discover Life's Facebook group Following modified from FishBase    Top | See original http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Batrachoides&speciesname=waltersi ---> http://192.134.151.83/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Batrachoides&speciesname=waltersi http://192.134.151.83/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Batrachoides&speciesname=waltersi ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Batrachoides&speciesname=waltersi https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Batrachoides&speciesname=waltersi ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/summary/Batrachoides-waltersi.html You can sponsor this page Common name (e.g. trout) contains begins with begins with ends with is Genus + Species (e.g. Gadus morhua) About this page More Info Plus d'info Mais info Languages Arabic Bahasa/Malay Bangla Chinese(Si) Chinese(Tr) Deutsch English Español Farsi Français Greek Hindi Italiano Japanese Lao Nederlands Português(Br) Português(Pt) Russian Swedish Thai Vietnamese User feedbacks Comments &   Corrections Fish Forum Guest Book Facebook Citation Uploads Attach website Upload photo Upload video Upload   references Fish Watcher Related species Species in    Batrachoides Species in    Batrachoididae - Classification - Batrachoidinae Batrachoididae Batrachoidiformes Teleostei Chordata Animalia Batrachoides waltersi Collette & Russo , 1981 Walter's toadfish Upload your photos  and  videos Pictures | Google image Batrachoides waltersi Picture by Robertson, R. Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes( genus , species ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa Teleostei (teleosts) > Batrachoidiformes (Toadfishes) > Batrachoididae (Toadfishes) > Batrachoidinae Etymology: Batrachoides: Greek, batrachos = frog + Greek, oides = similar (Ref. 45335 ) . Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal. Tropical; 16°N - 9°N Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri Eastern Central Pacific: mouth of the Dulce River, Mexico to Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Rica. Size / Weight / Age Maturity: L m   ?   range ? - ? cm Max length : 29.2 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9277 ) Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic) Common in bays (Ref. 9277 ). Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Collette, Bruce B. | Collaborators Collette, B.B. , 1995. Batrachoididae. Peje-sapos, sapos. p. 910-918. In W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) Guia FAO para Identification de Especies para lo Fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. 3 Vols. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 9277 ) IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435 )   Least Concern (LC)  ; Date assessed: 04 October 2018 CITES Not Evaluated CMS (Ref. 116361 ) Not Evaluated Threat to humans   Harmless Human uses FAO - Publication: search | FishSource | More information Countries FAO areas Ecosystems Occurrences Introductions Stocks Ecology Diet Food items Food consumption Ration Common names Synonyms Metabolism Predators Ecotoxicology Reproduction Maturity Spawning Spawning aggregation Fecundity Eggs Egg development Age/Size Growth Length-weight Length-length Length-frequencies Morphometrics Morphology Larvae Larval dynamics Recruitment Abundance BRUVS References Aquaculture Aquaculture profile Strains Genetics Electrophoreses Heritability Diseases Processing Nutrients Mass conversion Collaborators Pictures Stamps, Coins Misc. 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Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245 ). Trophic level (Ref. 69278 ):  3.6   ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives Resilience (Ref. 120179 ):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  Low to moderate vulnerability (26 of 100). 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