WoRMS taxon details
Ogcocephalus corniger Bradbury, 1980
159192 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159192)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Bradbury, M. G. (1980). A revision of the fish genus Ogcocephalus with descriptions of new species from the western Atlantic Ocean (Ogcocephalidae: Lophiiformes). <em>Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci.</em> 42(7): 229-285. [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: North Carolina and northern Gulf of Mexico in USA to southern Bahamas
Distribution Western Atlantic: North Carolina and northern Gulf of Mexico in USA to southern Bahamas [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Ogcocephalus corniger Bradbury, 1980. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159192 on 2026-06-06
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Nomenclature
original description
Bradbury, M. G. (1980). A revision of the fish genus Ogcocephalus with descriptions of new species from the western Atlantic Ocean (Ogcocephalidae: Lophiiformes). <em>Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci.</em> 42(7): 229-285. [details]
basis of record Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [details]
basis of record Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [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] 
Other
additional source
McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., 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: North Carolina and northern Gulf of Mexico in USA to southern Bahamas [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | longnose batfish | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ogcocephalus corniger)
To FishBase
To Genbank
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ogcocephalus corniger USNM 188808 holotype radiograph)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ogcocephalus corniger USNM 188808 photograph dorsal view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ogcocephalus corniger)
To FishBase
To Genbank
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ogcocephalus corniger USNM 188808 holotype radiograph)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ogcocephalus corniger USNM 188808 photograph dorsal view)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
