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Definition of Opsanus tau
1. Noun. Bottom-dwelling fish having scaleless slimy skin and a broad thick head with a wide mouth.
Group relationships: Batrachoididae, Family Batrachoididae
Specialized synonyms: Oyster Fish, Oyster-fish, Oysterfish
Generic synonyms: Acanthopterygian, Spiny-finned Fish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Opsanus Tau
Literary usage of Opsanus tau
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1907)
"opsanus tau. The toad-fish is one of the best known and least liked fishes along
the coast from Cape Cod to Florida. Its sluggish habits, repulsive ..."
2. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"opsanus tau, the common toadfish, or oyster-fish, of our Atlantic coast, is very
common in rocky places, ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1905)
"An attempt to fertilize Fundulus eggs with the sperm of opsanus tau was unsuccessful.
J. Percy Moore, Ph.D., instructor in zoology, University of ..."
4. Biological Lectures Delivered at the Marine Biological Laboratory of Wood's (1899)
"... with the normal development of the embryo. NOTE. — Batrachus tau = opsanus tau.
See Bulletin of US National Museum. No. 47, Part 3, p. 2313. 1898. ..."
5. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1902)
"(80) Body ovate, spiny ; 8 testes, 4 on each side; ovary lobate in front of them;
uterus voluminous; 2.3 mm. long: in opsanus tau ..."
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