Ogcocephalidae (Batfishes) |
7.98 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
bathydemersal; marine |
Western Pacific: off Japan, Taiwan, Philippines and Australia. |
Dorsal soft rays (total): 4-6; Anal soft rays: 4-4. This species is characterized by the following: subopercular buckler dull, with few blunt spinelets at its tip; ventral surface is covered with minute prickles; pointed rostrum, directed rather forward than upward; principal bucklers on dorsal surface relatively small and flattened, interspace fully covered by small bucklers and prickles (Ref. 86633). |
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Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 13 August 2019 Ref. (130435)
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harmless |
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