Vladichthys gloverensis (Greenfield & Greenfield, 1973)
photo by Greenfield, D.W.

Family:  Batrachoididae (Toadfishes), subfamily: Batrachoidinae
Max. size:  5.6 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  reef-associated; marine; depth range 15 - 34 m
Distribution:  Western Central Atlantic: Belize and Honduras.
Diagnosis:  Dorsal spines (total): 3-3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 20-21; Anal soft rays: 15-17; Vertebrae: 27-27. This species epaxial trunk musculature does not extend forward to cover the entire dorsocranium behind orbits, bone exposed under skin on central portion of dorsocranium posterior to orbits; frontal bones solid, lacking foramen on each side; one spine on subopercle; head and body with no scales; no axillary foramen or pit; ventral margin of distal end of maxilla hooked anteriorly and lacking a maxillary; pectoral fin with distinct glands between rays; gill opening below lower pectoral-fin base; two orbital cirri, anterior with three fringes, posterior with six fringes; all five pectoral-fin radials fully ossified; dorsal-fin elements III, 20-21; anal-fin rays 15-17; pectoral-fin rays 18-20; vertebrae 27 (Ref. 57811).
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Vulnerable (VU); Date assessed: 21 August 2012 (B2ab(iii)) Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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