Endangered
Splendid toadfish
Sanopus splendidus
The splendid toadfish also called the coral toadfish and the Cozumel splendid toadfish is a toadfish once believed to be entirely endemic to the island of Cozumel but have been found on the reefs of Honduras all the way up to Cancun.
Appearance
Unlike any other member of the toadfish family, the splendid toadfish is distinctive for its vibrant colors. It has bright yellow fins that also contain distinctive patterning, while its head contains dark and white stripes. The midline of the upper body contains the two dorsal fins. A short fin with sharp spines in 3 spots and a long fin that extends over much of the upper body and is flowing.
Range and habitat
The splendid toadfish also called the coral toadfish and the Cozumel splendid toadfish is a toadfish once believed to be entirely endemic to the island of Cozumel but have been found on the reefs of Honduras all the way up to Cancun. Commonly found under coral outcroppings.
Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.
In crisis
Splendid toadfish is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.
Sources
Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Splendid toadfish, Wikidata item Q2261611. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.
