Brazilian batfish

Brazilian batfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Lophiiformes
Family:	Ogcocephalidae
Genus:	Ogcocephalus
Species:	O. vespertilio
Binomial name
Ogcocephalus vespertilio (Linnaeus, 1758)

The Brazilian batfish, Ogcocephalus vespertilio, belongs to the family Ogcocephalidae (batfishes). Its distribution includes the western Atlantic, from the Antilles to Brazil^[1]. It preys on bottom-dwelling invertebrates.

It lives on the ocean-floor, covered in sand. The fish are flat, resembling pancakes.

References

1. ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Ogcocephalus vespertilio" in FishBase. February 2006 version.

• "Ogcocephalus vespertilio". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=164575. Retrieved 14 February 2007. 

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