Porichthyinae

Porichthyinae is a subfamily of toadfish in the family Batrachoididae. They are found in the eastern Pacific Ocean and western Atlantic from Canada to Argentina. The species of this subfamily have no venom glands or subopercular spines, they have canine like teeth and two solid spines in the dorsal fin.^[2]

Porichthyinae
Plainfin midshipman (Porichthys notatus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Batrachoidiformes
Family:	Batrachoididae
Subfamily:	Porichthyinae Miranda Ribeiro, 1915[1]

Genera

There are two genera in the Porichthyinae:^[3]

• Aphos Hubbs & Schultz, 1939
• Porichthys Girard, 1854