Ogcocephalus cubifrons
Appearance
Ogcocephalus cubifrons | |
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Ogcocephalus cubifrons with Protoreaster nodosus at the Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Lophiiformes |
Family: | Ogcocephalidae |
Genus: | Ogcocephalus |
Species: | O. cubifrons
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Binomial name | |
Ogcocephalus cubifrons (J. Richardson, 1836)
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Synonyms | |
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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
- ^ Lieske, E. and R. Myers, 1994. Collins Pocket Guide. Coral reef fishes. Indo-Pacific & Caribbean including the Red Sea. Harper Collins Publishers, 400 p.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Ogcocephalus cubifrons". FishBase. February 2015 version.