| Family: |
Ogcocephalidae (Batfishes) |
| Max. size: |
5.11 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
bathydemersal; marine; depth range 420 - 1156 m |
| Distribution: |
Western Pacific: seamounts and oceanic ridges north of New Zealand and south of New Caledonia |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal soft rays (total): 5-6. This species is distinguished by the following characters: ventral surface fully naked and interspaces of principal bucklers on dorsal surface lacking dermal spinules: D 5-6 (mainly 6); pectoral-fin rays 13; blunt subopercular buckler with a stout anterior-directed spinelet usually present; rostral spine directed rather more upward than forward; relatively few and loosely arranged bucklers; all bucklers are blunt; appressed anal fin reaching caudal fin base; it is the smallest species of the genus reaching 51.1 mm SL in adults (Ref. 92977). |
| Biology: |
Maximum depth from Ref. 106682. |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 13 August 2019 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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