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Teleostei (teleosts) >
Lophiiformes (Anglerfishes) >
Ogcocephalidae (Batfishes)
Etymology: Dibranchus: Greek, di = two + Greek, brangchia = gills (Ref. 45335); discors: Named refers to the aberrant shape of the head and illicial bone (discors = different).
More on authors: Bradbury, McCosker & Long.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 310 - 965 m (Ref. 40826). Deep-water
Southeast Pacific: Galapagos Islands.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.8 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 40826)
Dorsal soft rays (total): 6 - 7; Anal soft rays: 4; Vertebrae: 18 - 20. No tubercles in skin covering eyeballs and on ventral surface of disk except a few near bases of pelvic fins. Interorbital and mouth both exceptionally narrow. Conspicuous chalk-white oval marking on midline of lower jaw. Teeth present on palatines and vomer. Cephalic lateral-line counts: subopercular usually 6; preopercular 2. Tail lateral-line counts 9-13. Paired fins slender, moderately strong with fin membranes transparent. Tips of pectoral rays fleshy. No tubercles on fins (Ref. 35447, 40826).
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep; Cross section: flattened.
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Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Bradbury, M.G., 1999. A review of the fish genus Dibranchus with descriptions of new species and a new genus, Solocisquama (Lophiiformes, Ogcocephalidae). Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 51(5):259-310. (Ref. 40826)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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