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Ogcocephalus cubifrons

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Ogcocephalus cubifrons
Ogcocephalus cubifrons with Protoreaster nodosus at the Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Lophiiformes
Family: Ogcocephalidae
Genus: Ogcocephalus
Species:
O. cubifrons
Binomial name
Ogcocephalus cubifrons
Synonyms
  • Lophius cubifrons Richardson, 1836
  • Malthaea cubifrons (Richardson, 1836)

Ogcocephalus cubifrons, the spotted batfish, is a species of fish in the anglerfish genus in the batfish family Ogcocephalidae.[1]

The fish is found in the Western Central Atlantic Ocean, from North Carolina and the Bahamas and northwest Florida to the Campeche Bank off of the Yucatan.

This species reaches a length of 38.0 cm (15.0 in).[2]

References

  1. ^ Lieske, E. and R. Myers, 1994. Collins Pocket Guide. Coral reef fishes. Indo-Pacific & Caribbean including the Red Sea. Harper Collins Publishers, 400 p.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Ogcocephalus cubifrons". FishBase. February 2015 version.