Galápagos batfish
📖 Overview
Found on sandy bottoms and believed to be predatory, feeding on small invertebrates. Common below 10 m and seem to be incautious, unlike other batfishes which are limited in their range due to many predators.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Vertebrae: 19 - 20. Squamation shagreenlike and relatively smooth; bucklers obscured by a covering of fine spinules. Has a shorter disk margin compared to porrectus but higher modal pectoral fin ray count, 15. Lateral line scale count: subopercular 4-9; cheek usually 8 (6-9). Vertebrae usually 19 .: short and / or deep.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Galápagos batfish is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Galápagos batfish is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Reproduction data for Galápagos batfish is currently being compiled.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 3 - 120 m , usually 3 - 76 m . Tropical Southeast Pacific: Galapagos Islands south to Peru.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Batfish · Galápagos Batfish · Red-lipped Batfish |
| 🌍CES | chřestivec Darwinův |
| 🇩🇰Danish | Galapagos-ranglefisk |
| 🇫🇷French | Poisson chauve-souris à lèvres rouges |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Peixe-morcego-de-Galápagos |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Нетопырь Дарвина |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | Pez Murciélago · Pez Murciélago Labio Rojo · pez murciélago de las Galápagos |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 17 records indexed .
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