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Colletteichthys

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Colletteichthys is a genus of toadfishes found in the western Indian Ocean. The generic name is a compound of the surname Collette, in honour of the American ichthyologist Bruce Baden Collette to recognise his contribution to the study of toadfish, and the Greek ichthys meaning "fish".^[2]

The recognized species in this genus are:^[3]^[4]

^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Colletteichthys". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (26 July 2017). "Order BATRACHOIDIFORMES (Toadfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Colletteichthys in FishBase. April 2012 version.
^ ^a ^b Greenfield, D.W.; Bineesh, K.K. & Akhilesh, K.V. (2012). "Colletteichthys flavipinnis, a new toadfish species from Sri Lanka and India (Teleostei: Batrachoididae)". Zootaxa. 3437: 24–31. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3437.1.2.

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Colletteichthys is a genus of toadfishes found in the western Indian Ocean. The generic name is a compound of the surname Collette, in honour of the American ichthyologist Bruce Baden Collette to recognise his contribution to the study of toadfish, and the Greek ichthys meaning "fish".