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Teleostei (teleosts) > Lophiiformes (Anglerfishes) > Ogcocephalidae (Batfishes)
Etymology: Ogcocephalus: Greek, ogkos, ou = hook, curvature (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Linnaeus.

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

Marine; reef-associated; depth range ? - 70 m (Ref. 126840). Tropical; 23°N - 35°S, 80°W - 34°W

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Western Atlantic: Antilles; Southwest Atlantic: off Sergipe, Brazil.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 30.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 26340); max. published weight: 60.80 g (Ref. 118626)

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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.

Traded as an aquarium fish at Ceará, Brazil (Ref. 49392).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Ho, Hsuan-Ching | Collaborators

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. (Ref. 26340)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 11 October 2018

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Reports of ciguatera poisoning (Ref. 30911)

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 23.2 - 28.1, mean 27.5 °C (based on 563 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5001 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02138 (0.01126 - 0.04058), b=2.89 (2.72 - 3.06), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.4 ±0.55 se; based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (21 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Nutrients (Ref. 124155): Calcium = 41.5 [20.1, 76.7] mg/100g; Iron = 0.536 [0.298, 0.916] mg/100g; Protein = 18.6 [16.2, 21.9] %; Omega3 = 0.114 [0.044, 0.276] g/100g; Selenium = 39.7 [19.2, 85.9] μg/100g; VitaminA = 76.4 [20.2, 300.4] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.12 [0.73, 1.65] mg/100g (wet weight);

Ogcocephalus vespertilio (Linnaeus, 1758)