WoRMS taxon details

Ogcocephalus vespertilio (Linnaeus, 1758)

To FishBase images (<i>Ogcocephalus vespertilio</i>, Brazil, by Wirtz, P.)
To FishBase images (Ogcocephalus vespertilio, Brazil, by Wirtz, P.)

159195  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159195)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Lophiiformes (Order)
  11. Ogcocephalidae (Family)
  12. Ogcocephalus (Genus)
  13. Ogcocephalus vespertilio (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Lophius vespertilio Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Distribution Western Atlantic: New York or Cape Cod to Texas, Venezuela and possibly the same species to Brazil; recorded from Brazil  
Distribution Western Atlantic: New York or Cape Cod to Texas, Venezuela and possibly the same species to Brazil; recorded from Brazil [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Ogcocephalus vespertilio (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159195 on 2025-04-17
Date
action
by
2005-05-27 07:39:43Z
created
Cuvelier, Daphne
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description (of Lophius vespertilio Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Malthaea longirostris Valenciennes, 1837) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1837). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome douzième. Suite du livre quatorzième. Gobioïdes. Livre quinzième. Acanthoptérygiens à pectorales pédiculées. v. 12, pp i-xxiv + 1-507 + 1 p., Pls. 344-368., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4445812 [details] 

basis of record Martin, F.D., and G.E. Drewry. 1978. Development of fishes of the Mid-Atlantic Bight: An atlas of egg, larval and juveniles stages. Volume VI. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Biological Services Program FWS/OBS-78/12. 416 p. [details] 

Ecology

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] OpenAccess publication

Other

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] 

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Distribution Western Atlantic: New York or Cape Cod to Texas, Venezuela and possibly the same species to Brazil; recorded from Brazil [details]

Habitat benthic [details]
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English longnose batfish  [details]
To Barcode of Life (15 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Malthaea longirostris Valenciennes, 1837)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications) (from synonym Lophius vespertilio Linnaeus, 1758)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ogcocephalus vespertilio) 
To FishBase 
To FishBase (from synonym Ogcocephalus vespertilo (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Lophius vespertilio Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Malthaea longirostris Valenciennes, 1837)
To FishBase images (Ogcocephalus vespertilio, Brazil, by Wirtz, P.) 
To FishSounds 
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 7 proteins) (from synonym Lophius vespertilio Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 7 proteins) 
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
To FishBase images (<i>Ogcocephalus vespertilio</i>, Brazil, by Wirtz, P.)
To FishBase images (Ogcocephalus vespertilio, Brazil, by Wirtz, P.)
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