WoRMS taxon details
Opsanus beta (Goode & Bean, 1880)
275645 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:275645)
accepted
Species
Batrachus tau beta Goode & Bean, 1880 · unaccepted
Opsanus brasiliensis Rotundo, Spinelli & Zavala-Camin, 2005 · unaccepted (synonym)
Opsanus vandeuseni Fowler, 1939 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Batrachus tau beta Goode & Bean, 1880) Goode, G. B.; Bean, T. H. (1880). Catalogue of a collection of fishes obtained in the Gulf of Mexico, by Dr. J. W. Velie, with descriptions of seven new species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 2 (no. 98): 333-345., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.2-98.333 [details] 
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Opsanus beta (Goode & Bean, 1880). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=275645 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Opsanus brasiliensis Rotundo, Spinelli & Zavala-Camin, 2005) Rotundo, M. M.; Spinelli, M.; Zavala-Camin, L. A. (2005). Descrição de uma nova espécie de Opsanus (Teleostei - Batrachoididae) no litoral do estado de São Paulo Brazil. <em>Revista Ceciliana Ano.</em> 16(23): 93-99. [details]
original description (of Opsanus vandeuseni Fowler, 1939) Fowler, H. W. (1939). Description of the red toadfish, a new species of Opsanus from Florida. <em>Notulae Naturae (Philadelphia).</em> No. 31: 1-2. [details]
original description (of Batrachus tau beta Goode & Bean, 1880) Goode, G. B.; Bean, T. H. (1880). Catalogue of a collection of fishes obtained in the Gulf of Mexico, by Dr. J. W. Velie, with descriptions of seven new species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 2 (no. 98): 333-345., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.2-98.333 [details]
original description (of Opsanus vandeuseni Fowler, 1939) Fowler, H. W. (1939). Description of the red toadfish, a new species of Opsanus from Florida. <em>Notulae Naturae (Philadelphia).</em> No. 31: 1-2. [details]
original description (of Batrachus tau beta Goode & Bean, 1880) Goode, G. B.; Bean, T. H. (1880). Catalogue of a collection of fishes obtained in the Gulf of Mexico, by Dr. J. W. Velie, with descriptions of seven new species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 2 (no. 98): 333-345., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.2-98.333 [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (34 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Opsanus vandeuseni Fowler, 1939)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (42 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Opsanus beta)
To FishBase (from synonym Opsanus brasiliensis Rotundo, Spinelli & Zavala-Camin, 2005)
To FishBase (from synonym Batrachus tau beta Goode & Bean, 1880)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Opsanus vandeuseni Fowler, 1939)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (2988 nucleotides; 105 proteins)
To GenBank (2988 nucleotides; 105 proteins) (from synonym Batrachus tau beta Goode & Bean, 1880)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Opsanus brasiliensis Rotundo, Spinelli & Zavala-Camin, 2005)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Opsanus vandeuseni Fowler, 1939)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (42 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Opsanus beta)
To FishBase (from synonym Opsanus brasiliensis Rotundo, Spinelli & Zavala-Camin, 2005)
To FishBase (from synonym Batrachus tau beta Goode & Bean, 1880)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Opsanus vandeuseni Fowler, 1939)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (2988 nucleotides; 105 proteins)
To GenBank (2988 nucleotides; 105 proteins) (from synonym Batrachus tau beta Goode & Bean, 1880)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Opsanus brasiliensis Rotundo, Spinelli & Zavala-Camin, 2005)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
