Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 3 - 120 m (Ref. 127879), usually 3 - 76 m (Ref. 5227). Tropical
Southeast Pacific: Galapagos Islands south to Peru.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 20.3 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5590); 21.5 cm SL (female)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Vertebrae: 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).
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
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
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)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 13.7 - 23.1, mean 20 °C (based on 24 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 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).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.59 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 (16 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 55.1 [26.9, 101.9] mg/100g; Iron = 0.579 [0.317, 1.009] mg/100g; Protein = 18.6 [16.2, 21.8] %; Omega3 = 0.113 [0.042, 0.270] g/100g; Selenium = 29.7 [13.7, 65.5] μg/100g; VitaminA = 101 [27, 384] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.28 [0.83, 1.91] mg/100g (wet weight);
