Batfishes
Ogcocephalidae
Ogcocephalidae is a family of anglerfish specifically adapted for a benthic lifestyle of crawling about on the seafloor. Ogcocephalid anglerfish are sometimes referred to as batfishes, deep-sea batfishes, handfishes, and seabats. They are found in tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide. They are mostly found at depths between 200 and 3,000 m (660 and 9,840 ft), but have been recorded as deep as 4,000 m (13,000 ft). A few species live in much shallower coastal waters and exceptionally may enter river...
10 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 98 known species
Ogcocephalus
genusOgcocephalus
Halieutaea
genusHalieutaea
Halieutichthys
genusHalieutichthys
Zalieutes
genusZalieutes
Malthopsis
genusMalthopsis
Halieutopsis
genusHalieutopsis
Halicmetus
genusHalicmetus
Dibranchus
genusDibranchus
Coelophrys
genusCoelophrys
Solocisquama
genusSolocisquama
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 64220.