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Etymology: Allenbatrachus: Composed from Jerry Allen an Australian taxonomist + Greek, batrachos = frog (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr George Allen (1923–2011) was a fisheries biologist at Humboldt State University, Arcata, California which he joined (1956) and where he taught for about 30 years and retired (1985) as Emeritus Professor. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Steindachner.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; brackish; demersal. Tropical
Indo-West Pacific: Singapore, Thailand, Burma [=Myanmar] and Sumatra (Indonesia). Also Malaysia (Ref. 90102).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 26916)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Greenfield, D.W., 1997. Allenbatrachus, a new genus of Indo-Pacific toadfish (Batrachoididae). Pac. Sci. 51(3):306-313. (Ref. 26916)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.6250 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
3.4 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Resilience (Ref. 120179) |
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Low to moderate vulnerability (25 of 100). 🛈 |