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Ogcocephalus cubifrons, the spotted batfish or polka-dot batfish, is a species of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Ogcocephalidae, the deep sea batfishes. This is an uncommon demersal fish found in the Western Atlantic Ocean and the southern Gulf of Mexico , in the United States, Mexico and the Bahamas.
Ogcocephalus declivirostris, the slantbrow batfish, is a species of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Ogcocephalidae, the deep sea batfishes. This species is found in the western Atlantic Ocean from the northern Gulf of Mexico to the Straits of Florida.
Ogcocephalus corniger, the longnose batfish, is a species of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Ogcocephalidae, the deep sea batfishes. This fish is found at depths between 29 and 230 m (95 and 755 ft) in the Atlantic Ocean, ranging from North Carolina to the Gulf of Mexico and the Bahamas .
The polka-dot batfish is a bottom-dwelling fish that can measure up to 380 mm (15 in) from head to tail. It is a broad, dorso-ventrally flattened, arrow-shaped fish similar in appearance to a ray . The pelvic fins are located further forward than the broad, pectoral fins which flare out on both sides, supported by arm-like stalks.
Ogcocephalus nasutus is found in the Western Atlantic Ocean where it occurs from North Carolina along the southeastern coast of the United States to the Bahamas. It is also found in the Gulf of Mexico off northwestern Cuba from the Florida Keys east to the mouth of the Rio Grande and in the whole of the Caribbean Sea including the northern ...
Halieutichthys bispinosus was first formally described in 2010 by Ho Hsuan-Ching, Prosanta Chakrabarty and John Stephen Sparks with its type locality give as the Gulf of Mexico, off Florida at 7°24'11"N, 84°07'11"W. [2] This species was previously overlooked as H. aculeatus and, alongside H. intermedius, these three species form the aculeatus species complex within the genus Halieutichthys.
The aculeatus species group is found in the Gulf of Mexico and the southeastern coasts of the United States while H. cariibaeus is found in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. These fishes are found on sandy substrates at depths between 10 and 800 m (33 and 2,625 ft).
Ogcocephalus pantostictus, the spotted batfish, is a species of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Ogcocephalidae, the deep sea batfishes. It is found in the western Atlantic Ocean, somewhat restricted to the northern and the western Gulf of Mexico .