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Ogcocephalus darwini Hubbs, 1958

Galápagos batfish
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Ecuador country information

Common names: Batfish, Galápagos batfish, Pez murciélago
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Recorded from one specimen (female, 21.5 cm SL) captured in Las Piñas fishing cove, southeast of Manta, Manabi Prov. (01°05′46′′S, 080°53′51′′W), on 23 April 2022. It was caught by fishermen using bottom longlines with a J-type hook number 10 at a depth of 30 m, with in Las Piñas fishing cove (Ref. 127879).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Béarez, P., 1996
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Common names from other countries

Pez murciélago labio rojo, Mirage, Pez murciélago, ... more

Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | Catalog of Fishes(Släkte, Arter) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

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

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

marina revassocierade; djupintervall 3 - 120 m (Ref. 127879), usually 3 - 76 m (Ref. 5227).   Tropical

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Southeast Pacific: Galapagos Islands south to Peru.

Size / Vikt / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 20.3 cm SL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 5590); 21.5 cm SL (female)

Short description Morfologi | Morfometri

Ryggkotor: 19 - 20. Squamation shagreenlike and relatively smooth; bucklers obscured by a covering of fine spinules. Has a shorter disk margin compared to porrectus but higher modal pectoral fin ray count, 15. Lateral line scale count: subopercular 4-9; cheek usually 8 (6-9). Vertebrae usually 19 (Ref. 40824).

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Found on sandy bottoms and believed to be predatory, feeding on small invertebrates. Common below 10 m and seem to be incautious, unlike other batfishes which are limited in their range due to many predators.

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Ägg | Fecundity | Larver

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Bradbury, M.G., 1980. A revision of the fish genus Ogcocephalus with descriptions of new species from the western Atlantic Ocean (Ogcocephalidae: Lophiiformes). Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 42(7):229-285. (Ref. 40824)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 13 September 2022

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




Human uses

Fiskeri: saknar intresse
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 13.7 - 23.1, mean 20 (based on 24 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5001   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02291 (0.00925 - 0.05675), b=2.94 (2.72 - 3.16), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trofisk nivå (Ref. 69278):  3.4   ±0.59 se; based on food items.
Resiliens (Ref. 120179):  Låg, lägsta populationsfördubblingstid 4,5-14 år (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (16 of 100).