Ogcocephalus corniger, Longnose batfish

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Ogcocephalus corniger Bradbury, 1980

Longnose batfish
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Lophiiformes (Anglerfishes) > Ogcocephalidae (Batfishes)
Etymology: Ogcocephalus: Greek, ogkos, ou = hook, curvature (Ref. 45335);  corniger: From the long, upturned rostrum (corniger = horn-bearer) (Ref. 40824).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 29 - 230 m (Ref. 40824). Subtropical; 37°N - 20°N

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Western Atlantic: North Carolina and northern Gulf of Mexico in USA to southern Bahamas.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 23.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 7251)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Evenly covered by closely set pale spots on a darker background. Subopercular lateral-line scales usually 5-7. Differs from pumilus in having larger body size and fleshy pads on the ventral tips of the pectoral rays (absent in pumilus) (Ref. 40824).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found typically on sandy bottoms (Ref. 27549).

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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. (Ref. 40824)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 16 September 2014

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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