different between benthic vs toadfish

English

Etymology

From benthos +? -ic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?n??k/

Adjective

benthic (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to the benthos; living on the seafloor, as opposed to floating in the ocean.
   • 1878, Proceedings of the United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution Press, p. 3:

     The benthic environment, except for intertidal areas, has been scarcely explored...

   • 1974, R. H. Parker, The Study of Benthic Communities, American Elsevier Publishing Company, New York, p. 191:

     As the classical approach to benthic community studies originated primarily with Danish biologists, a section is devoted to comparisons of Danish bottom communities with those obtained in Hadley Harbor.

   • 1994, Hans M. Bolli, Jean-Pierre Beckmann, and John B. Saunders, Benthic Foraminiferal Biostratigraphy of the South Caribbean Region, Cambridge University Press, p. 1:

     Benthic foraminifera have been used for stratigraphic purposes almost since they began to be studied systematically.

Antonyms

• planktonic

Derived terms

• cryptobenthic
• holobenthic
• subbenthic

Translations

Noun

benthic (plural benthics)

1. Any organism that lives on the seafloor

See also

• oceanic
• pelagic
• planktonic

Anagrams

• bitchen

English

Etymology

toad +? fish, in reference to their toadlike appearance.

Noun

toadfish (plural toadfish or toadfishes)

1. Any fish thought to resemble a toad
   1. Any of the ray-finned fishes of family Batrachoididae of benthic ambush predators.
   2. Certain species in family Tetraodontidae
      1. The banded toadfish, of Australia (Torquigener pleurogramma)
      2. The blackspotted toadfish, of the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans (Arothron nigropunctatus)
      3. The common toadfish (or toadfish), of Australia and New Zealand (Tetractenos hamiltoni)
      4. The prickly toadfish, of Australia and New Zealand (Contusus richei)
      5. The red striped toadfish, of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea (Dichotomyctere erythrotaenia, syn. Tetraodon erythrotaenia)
      6. The smooth toadfish, of Australia (Tetractenos glaber)
   3. Certain species in family Psychrolutidae
      1. The dark toadfish (Neophrynichthys latus)
      2. The frilled toadfish, of Macquarie Island (Ambophthalmos magnicirrus)
      3. The pale toadfish of New Zealand (Ambophthalmos angustus)

Usage notes

• For information on the choice of plural, see fish.

Translations

See also

• frogfish