cryptocentrus, Batrachus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:485 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Bahia, Brazil. No types known. •Valid as Amphichthys cryptocentrus (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Greenfield & Greenfield 1973:563 [ref. 7128], Shimizu in Uyeno et al. 1983:239 [ref. 14275], Cervigón 1991:179 [ref. 24472], Cervigón 1992:266 [ref. 23827], Menezes & de Figueiredo 1998:339 [ref. 23682], Aguilera 1998:47 [ref. 24221] as criptosentrum, Rocha & Rosa 2001:989 [ref. 25909], Collette 2003:1031 [ref. 26981], Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:63 [ref. 27192], Greenfield et al. 2008:675 [ref. 30046], Ibagón et al. 2011:51 [ref. 31492]). Current status: Valid as Amphichthys cryptocentrus (Valenciennes 1837). Batrachoididae: Batrachoidinae. Distribution: Northern South America from Panama to Brazil, western Atlantic. Habitat: marine.