Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Osteichthyes
Classis: Actinopterygii
Subclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Superordo: Paracanthopterygii
Ordo: Batrachoidiformes
Familia: Batrachoididae
Subfamilia: Batrachoidinae
Genus: Opsanus
Species: O. beta - O. dichrostomus - O. pardus - O. phobetron - O. tau
Name
Opsanus Rafinesque, 1818
Gender: masculine
Type species: Opsanus cerapalus Rafinesque, 1818 by original designation.
References
* Rafinesque, C. S. 1818. Description of two new genera of North American fishes, Opsanus, and Notropis. American Monthly Magazine and Critical Revue v. 2 (3): 203-204.
* Greenfield, D.W., R. Winterbottom, and B.B. Collette. 2008. Review of the toadfish genera (Teleostei: Batrachoididae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series, 59(15): 665-710
* Opsanus Report on ITIS
