Ogcocephalus parvus

Ogcocephalus parvus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Lophiiformes
Family:Ogcocephalidae
Genus:Ogcocephalus
Species: O. parvus
Binomial name
Ogcocephalus parvus

Ogcocephalus parvus, the roughback batfish, is a species of batfish found along the coast of the western Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina in the United States to Brazil. This species grows to a length of 10 centimetres (3.9 in) TL.

References

  • Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Ogcocephalus parvus" in FishBase. April 2012 version.
  • M. G. Bradbury, The genera of batfishes (family Ogcocephalidae), Copeia, Vol. 1967, No. 2 (June 5, 1967), pp. 399–422.


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