Genus
Ogcocephalus
6 species
Ogcocephalus is an anglerfish genus in the batfish family Ogcocephalidae.
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Ogcocephalus is an anglerfish genus in the batfish family Ogcocephalidae.
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The red-lipped batfish or Galápagos batfish (Ogcocephalus darwini) is a fish of unusual morphology found around the Galápagos Islands and off Peru at depths of 3 to 76 m (10 to 249 ft). Red-lipped batfish are closely related to rosy-lipped batfish...
Ogcocephalus radiatus or the polka-dot batfish is an arrow-shaped fish in the family Ogcocephalidae with an elongated thin tail. It is dorso-ventrally flattened with round pectoral fins that sit flat on the bottom of the sea floor. It uses its...
Ogcocephalus porrectus, the rosy-lipped batfish, is endemic to Cocos Island off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. Though members of Ogcocephalidae occur in tropical, warm waters in both the Western Atlantic and Eastern Pacific. Rosy-lipped batfish...
Ogcocephalus corniger, the longnose batfish, is a species of batfish found at depths between 29 and 230 m (95 and 755 ft) in the Atlantic Ocean, ranging from North Carolina to the Gulf of Mexico and the Bahamas. Like other members of the family...
Ogcocephalus parvus, the roughback batfish, is a species of batfish found along the coast of the western Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina in the United States to Brazil. This species grows to a length of 10 centimetres (3.9 in) TL.
Ogcocephalus vespertilio, the Brazilian batfish or seadevil, is a species of batfish. Its distribution includes the western Atlantic, from the Antilles to Brazil, more specifically on the coast of Brazil, occurring from the Amazon River to La Plata...
