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Atlantic Batfish

Dibranchus atlanticus

Classification

Dibranchus atlanticus, the Atlantic batfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Ogcocephalidae, the deep-sea batfishes. It is found in deep water in the Atlantic Ocean where it lives on the seabed, feeding on small invertebrates. Taxonomy Dibranchus atlanticus was first formally described in 1872 by the German zoologist Wilhelm Peters with its type locality given as near the coast of Western Africa at a depth of 360 fathoms (2,160 ft; 660 m).

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Canada · 34Brazil · 4United States of America · 2