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Ogcocephalus vespertilio (Linnaeus, 1758)

Seadevil
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> 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 Ecología

marino asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad ? - 70 m (Ref. 126840). Tropical; 23°N - 35°S, 80°W - 34°W

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Point map | Introducciones | Faunafri

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

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 30.5 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 26340); peso máximo publicado: 60.80 g (Ref. 118626)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

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.

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

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

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador : Ho, Hsuan-Ching | Colaboradores

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

Pesquerías: comercial; Acuario: Comercial
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Estimates based on models

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).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  3.4   ±0.55 se; based on food items.
Resiliencia (Ref. 120179):  Bajo, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 4.5-14 años (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);