Banded toadfish

The banded toadfish (Aphos porosus) is a species of toadfish found along the Pacific coast of South America where it is found in Chile, Ecuador and Peru. This species grows to a length of 28 centimetres (11 in) TL. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Aphos.^[2] Unlike the other genus, Porichthys in this subfamily the banded toadfish lacks photophores.^[3]

Banded toadfish
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Batrachoidiformes
Family:	Batrachoididae
Subfamily:	Porichthyinae
Genus:	Aphos C. L. Hubbs & L. P. Schultz, 1939
Species:	A. porosus
Binomial name
Aphos porosus (Valenciennes, 1837)
Synonyms[2]
Batrachus porosus Valenciennes, 1837 Porichthys afuerae Evermann & Radcliffe, 1917