Ogcocephalidae: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Lophiiformes
- Family
- Ogcocephalidae
- Genus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Ogcocephalidae
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Ogcocephalidae
Ogcocephalidae is a family of anglerfish specifically adapted for a benthic lifestyle of crawling about on the seafloor. Ogcocephalid anglerfish are sometimes referred to as batfishes, deep-sea batfishes, handfishes, and seabats. They are found in tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide. They are mostly found at depths between 200 and 3,000 m (660 and 9,840 ft), but have been recorded as deep as 4,000 m (13,000 ft). A few species live in much shallower coastal waters and, exceptionally, may enter river estuaries.
...Ogcocephalidae in languages:
- Chinese
- 蝙蝠魚科
- Czech
- chřestivcovití
- English
- Batfishes
- Japanese
- アカグツ科
- Portuguese
- Peixes-morcego
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