Ogcocephalus corniger
| Ogcocephalus corniger | |
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| Longnose batfish in aquarium (upper photo) and seen from above (lower photo) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Lophiiformes |
| Family: | Ogcocephalidae |
| Genus: | Ogcocephalus |
| Species: | O. corniger |
| Binomial name | |
| Ogcocephalus corniger Bradbury, 1980[1] | |
The longnose batfish (Ogcocephalus corniger) 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.[2] It has a flat triagular body like others in the family and the coloring varies from yellowish to purple with pale, round spots and lips of orange-red.[1]
References
- 1 2 Bradbury, M. G. (1980), "A revision of the fish genus Ogcocephalus with descriptions of new species from the western Atlantic Ocean (Ogcocephalidae; Lophiiformes)", Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 42: 229–285, retrieved 22 October 2013
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Ogcocephalus corniger" in FishBase. January 2016 version.
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