Daector

Genus of fishes

Daector

Daector dowi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Batrachoidiformes
Family:  | Batrachoididae
Subfamily:  | Thalassophryninae
Genus:  | Daector
Jordan & Evermann, 1898
Type species
Thalassophryne dowi

Jordan & Gilbert, 1887[1]

Daector is a genus of toadfishes, with three species found along the Pacific Coast of Central America (one, D. dowi, reaches the Peruvian Coast of South America) and two species, D. gerringi and D. quadrizonatus, are found in South American rivers.

## Species[edit]

The currently recognized species in this genus are:[2]

* Daector dowi (Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1887) (Dow's toadfish)
* Daector gerringi (Rendahl (de), 1941)
* Daector quadrizonatus (C. H. Eigenmann, 1922)
* Daector reticulata (Günther, 1864) (reticulated toadfish)
* Daector schmitti Collette, 1968 (Schmitt's toadfish)

## References[edit]

1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Daector". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
2. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Daector in FishBase. April 2012 version.

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q3962928
* Wikispecies: Daector
* CoL: 3ZF9
* GBIF: 2350874
* iNaturalist: 87833
* IRMNG: 1200724
* ITIS: 622782
* NCBI: 390317
* WoRMS: 268942

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