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{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = {{fossil range|18|0|early-mid [[Miocene]] to present}}
| image = Opsanus beta 1.jpg
| image_caption = [[Opsanus beta]]
| taxon = Opsanus
| authority = [[Constantine Samuel Rafinesque|Rafinesque]], 1818
| type_species = ''[[Opsanus tau|Opsanus cerapalus]]''
| type_species_authority = Rafinesque 1818<ref name = CoF>{{Cof record|genid=957|title=''Opsanus''|access-date=16 July 2018}}</ref>
}}

'''''Opsanus''''' is a [[genus]] of [[Batrachoididae|toadfishes]] found in the western [[Atlantic Ocean]]. It currently has six recognised species, with the latest one described in 2005.

==Species==
The recognized [[species]] in this [[genus]] are:<ref>{{FishBase genus | genus = Opsanus| month = April | year = 2012}}</ref>
* ''[[Opsanus beta]]'' <small>([[George Brown Goode|Goode]] & [[Tarleton Hoffman Bean|T. H. Bean]], 1880)</small> (Gulf toadfish)
* ''[[Opsanus brasiliensis]]'' <small>[[Matheus Marcos Rotundo|Rotundo]], [[Mario Spinelli|Spinelli]] & [[Luiz Alberto Zavala-Camin|Zavala-Camin]], 2005 </small>(considered by some sources to be a junior synonym of O. tau)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fishbase.org/summary/FamilySummary.php?ID=189|title = FAMILY Details for Batrachoididae - Toadfishes}}</ref>
* ''[[Opsanus dichrostomus]]'' <small>[[Bruce Baden Collette|Collette]], 2001</small> (bicolor toadfish)
* ''[[Opsanus pardus]]'' <small>(Goode & T. H. Bean, 1880)</small> (leopard toadfish)
* ''[[Opsanus phobetron]]'' <small>[[Vladimir Walters|Walters]] & [[Charles Richard Robins|C. R. Robins]], 1961</small> (scarecrow toadfish)
* ''[[Opsanus tau]]'' <small>([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1766)</small> (oyster toadfish)
The earliest fossil remains of ''Opsanus'' are from the early-to-mid [[Miocene]]-aged [[Choptank Formation]] of Maryland, US.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Carnevale |first1=Giorgio |last2=Godfrey |first2=Stephen James |date=2018 |title=Miocene bony fishes from the Calvert, Choptank, St. Marys and Eastover Formations, Chesapeake Group, Maryland and Virginia |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327907444 |journal=Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology |issue=100}}</ref>

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[[Category:Batrachoididae]]
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