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Polka-dot Batfish

Ogcocephalus cubifrons

Classification

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. Taxonomy Ogcocephalus cubifrons was first formally described as Lophius cubifrons in 1836 by the Scottish naval surgeon, naturalist and Arctic explorer John Richardson with its type locality given as the Labrador coast of Canada.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 272Mexico · 4Brazil · 1Cuba · 1