Porichthys Girard 1854 (toadfish)
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Actinopteri - Batrachoidiformes - Batrachoididae
Parent taxon: Batrachoididae according to H. L. Fierstine et al. 2012
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Stringer 1998
Sister taxa: Batrachoides, Batrachoididarum, Chatrabus, Louckaichthys, Opsanus, Zappaichthys
Subtaxa: Porichthys myriaste Porichthys notatus Porichthys pedemontanus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (4: California, Louisiana collections)
• Pliocene of Ecuador (1), Jamaica (1), United States (1: California)
• Miocene of Greece (1), Italy (9), Panama (5)
Total: 22 collections including 27 occurrences
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