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Ogcocephalus
Fischer, 1813
(fish)
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Ogcocephalidae (Family) - batfishes
..Coelophrys (Genus)
..Dibranchus (Genus)
..Halicmetus (Genus)
..Halieutaea (Genus)
..Halieutichthys (Genus)
..Halieutopsis (Genus)
..Malthopsis (Genus)
..Solocisquama (Genus)
..Zalieutes (Genus)
..Ogcocephalus (Genus)
....Ogcocephalus corniger (Species) - longnose batfish
....Ogcocephalus cubifrons (Species)
....Ogcocephalus darwini (Species)
....Ogcocephalus declivirostris (Species) - slantbrow batfish
....Ogcocephalus nasutus (Species) - shortnose batfish
....Ogcocephalus notatus (Species)
....Ogcocephalus pantostictus (Species) - spotted batfish
....Ogcocephalus parvus (Species) - roughback batfish
....Ogcocephalus porrectus (Species)
....Ogcocephalus pumilus (Species)
....Ogcocephalus radiatus (Species) - Polka-dot batfish
....Ogcocephalus rostellum (Species) - palefin batfish
....Ogcocephalus vespertilio (Species)
Authorship
Original name
:
Fischer, 1813. Zoogn., ed. 3, 1, 78 (as Oncocephalus p. 445).
Types
Type of
:
Ogcocephalidae
(Family)
Gill, 1893
Ref:
J.S. Nelson, 2006
: 254; 3 Feb 2024.
[inferred]
Type of
:
Ogcocephalioidea
(Superfamily)
Nelson, 1994, orth. inval.
Ref:
J.S. Nelson, 2006
: 254; 3 Feb 2024.
[inferred]
Type of
:
Ogcocephalioidei
(Suborder)
T.W. Pietsch, 1984, orth. inval.
Ref:
T.W. Pietsch, 1984
: 322; 3 Feb 2024.
[
new
] [inferred]
Variants
Different spelling
:
Oncocephalus
(Genus)
Fischer, 1813
Ref:
S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]
: [19 Dec 2008].
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