Daector

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.

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]

Species

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)