WoRMS taxon details
Ogcocephalus Fischer, 1813
Malthaea · unaccepted (misspelling)
Malthe Cuvier, 1816 · unaccepted
Ogcoephalus · unaccepted (misspelling)
Oncocephalus · unaccepted (misspelling)
- Species Ogcocephalus corniger Bradbury, 1980
- Species Ogcocephalus cubifrons (Richardson, 1836)
- Species Ogcocephalus darwini Hubbs, 1958
- Species Ogcocephalus declivirostris Bradbury, 1980
- Species Ogcocephalus nasutus (Cuvier, 1829)
- Species Ogcocephalus notatus (Valenciennes, 1837)
- Species Ogcocephalus pantostictus Bradbury, 1980
- Species Ogcocephalus parvus Longley & Hildebrand, 1940
- Species Ogcocephalus porrectus Garman, 1899
- Species Ogcocephalus pumilus Bradbury, 1980
- Species Ogcocephalus radiatus (Mitchill, 1818)
- Species Ogcocephalus rostellum Bradbury, 1980
- Species Ogcocephalus vespertilio (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Ogcocephalus vespertilo (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Ogcocephalus vespertilio (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Ogcocephalus Fischer, 1813. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159191 on 2026-02-22
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To Catalog of Fishes
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ogcocephalus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oncocephalus) (from synonym Oncocephalus)
To Genbank (from synonym Oncocephalus)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (Illustration 000191) (from synonym Oncocephalus)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ogcocephalus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oncocephalus) (from synonym Oncocephalus)
To Genbank (from synonym Oncocephalus)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (Illustration 000191) (from synonym Oncocephalus)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally, from synonym