Ogcocephalus vespertilio
Longnose Batfish
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Taxonomic Hierarchy
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Lophiiformes (Anglerfish)
Ogcocephalidae (Batfishes)
Ogcocephalus
Ogcocephalus vespertilio (Longnose Batfish)
Description
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Characters
Body shape: short and / or deep. Extremely long rostrum. Dark spots separated by pale lines that usually form a reticulum occurring in patches on the face and sides of the tail and in the pectoral axillae. Lateral line organs in the cheek series 3.
Distribution
Western Atlantic: Antilles; Southwest Atlantic: off Sergipe, Brazil.
Habitat Associations
Marine. reef-associated.
Biology
Traded as an aquarium fish at Ceará, Brazil (Ref. 49392).
Max length: 30.5 cm TL; max weight: 61 g.
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2018-10-11. Resilience: Low (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Commercial or Environmental Importance
Fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial.
References
Claro, R. (1994) Características generales de la ictiofauna. p. 55-70. In R. Claro (ed.) Ecología de los peces marinos de Cuba. Instituto de Oceanología Academia de Ciencias de Cuba and Centro de Investigaciones de Quintana Roo.
Gibran, F.Z. and R.M.C. Castro (1999) Activity, feeding behaviour and diet of Ogcocephalus vespertilio in southern west Atlantic. J. Fish Biol. 55(3):588-595.
Bradbury, M.G. (1980) A revision of the fish genus Ogcocephalus with descriptions of new species from the western Atlantic Ocean (Ogcocephalidae: Lophiiformes). Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 42(7):229-285.
Simon, T., H.T. Pinheiro, R.L. Moura, A. Carvalho-Filho, L.A. Rocha, A.S. Martins, E. Mazzei, R.B. Francini-Filho, G.M. Amado-Filho and J.-C. Joyeux (2016) Mesophotic fishes of the Abrolhos Shelf, the largest reef ecosystem in the South Atlantic. J. Fish Biol. 89:990-1001. DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12967
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