Ogcocephalus
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Ogcocephalus is a fish genus in the family Ogcocephalidae
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Ogcocephalidae
Ogcocephalidae is a family of bottom-dwelling, specially adapted fish. They are sometimes referred to as batfishes or anglerfishes. They are found in deep, lightless waters of the Atlantic, Indian and western Pacific Oceans....
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Species
- Longnose batfish, Ogcocephalus corniger Bradbury, 1980.
- Ogcocephalus cubifrons (RichardsonJohn Richardson (naturalist)Sir John Richardson was a Scottish naval surgeon, naturalist and arctic explorer.Richardson was born at Dumfries. He studied medicine at Edinburgh University, and became a surgeon in the navy in 1807. He traveled with John Franklin in search of the Northwest Passage on the Coppermine Expedition of...
, 1836). - Red-lipped batfish, Ogcocephalus darwini Hubbs, 1958.
- Slantbrow batfish, Ogcocephalus declivirostris Bradbury, 1980.
- Shortnose batfish, Ogcocephalus nasutus (CuvierGeorges CuvierGeorges Chrétien Léopold Dagobert Cuvier or Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric Cuvier , known as Georges Cuvier, was a French naturalist and zoologist...
, 1829). - Ogcocephalus notatus (ValenciennesAchille ValenciennesAchille Valenciennes was a French zoologist.Valenciennes was born in Paris, and studied under Georges Cuvier. Valenciennes' study of parasitic worms in humans made an important contribution to the study of parasitology...
, 1837). - Spotted batfish, Ogcocephalus pantostictus Bradbury, 1980.
- Roughback batfish, Ogcocephalus parvusOgcocephalus parvusOgcocephalus parvus, the roughback batfish, is a species of fish in the Ogcocephalidae family.-References:*M. G. Bradbury, The genera of batfishes , Copeia, Vol. 1967, No. 2 , pp. 399-422....
Longley & Hildebrand, 1940. - Ogcocephalus porrectus Garman, 1899.
- Ogcocephalus pumilus Bradbury, 1980.
- Polka-dot batfish, Ogcocephalus radiatus (Mitchill, 1818).
- Palefin batfish, Ogcocephalus rostellum Bradbury, 1980.
- Brazilian batfish, Ogcocephalus vespertilio (Linnaeus, 1758).