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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderLophiiformes
  4. ›familyOgcocephalidae
  5. ›genusOgcocephalus
Ogcocephalus parvus
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Roughback Batfish

Ogcocephalus parvus Longley & Hildebrand, 1940

Also calledPeixe-morcego-lixa (por) · Roughback batfish (por) · chřestivec hrubotělý (ces) · murciélago lomo áspero (spa) · peixe-morcego (por) · Западноатлантический нетопырь (rus) · イガニシフウリュウウオ (jpn)

First described in: Longley, W. H.; Hildebrand, S. F. (1940). New genera and species of fishes from Tortugas, Florida. <em>Papers Tortugas Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington.</em> 32: 223-285, Pl. 1.

This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5214833.