Ogcocephalus cubifrons
Ogcocephalus cubifrons, the spotted batfish, is a species of fish in the anglerfish genus in the batfish family Ogcocephalidae.[1]
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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 |
| Binomial name | |
| Ogcocephalus cubifrons (J. Richardson, 1836) | |
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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.) (2015). "Ogcocephalus cubifrons" in FishBase. 2 2015 version.
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