#2366 · 🐟 fish

Smooth Toadfish

Tetractenos glaber

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Sascha Schulz · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © covegirl · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Peter · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. The Esplanade, Lake Macquarie, NSW, AU:© The Babygoat · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Davey River Mouth:© Bruce Deagle · CC BY 4.0
6. Haycock Point, Carrickalinga SA 5204, Australia:© David Spencer Muirhead · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Port Phillip Bay, Beaumaris VIC 3193, Australia:© imogenisunderwater · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Hampton Beach, Victoria, Australia:© Ken · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Haycock Point, Carrickalinga SA 5204, Australia:© David Spencer Muirhead · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Currarong:© Mark McGrouther · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The smooth toadfish ( Tetractenos glaber ) is a species of fish in the pufferfish family Tetraodontidae. It is native to shallow coastal and estuarine waters of southeastern Australia, where it is widespread and abundant. French naturalist Christophe-Paulin de La Poix de Fréminville described the species in 1813, though early records confused it with its close relative, the common toadfish ( T. hamiltonii ). The two are the only members of the genus Tetractenos after going through several taxonomic changes...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,953iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
3,953 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Christophe-Paulin de La Poix de Fréminville in 1813 (213 years ago).