Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 29 - 126 m (Ref. 40824), usually 54 - 125 m (Ref. 7251). Tropical
Western Atlantic: North Carolina and northern Gulf of Mexico in USA to Brazil; absent from Bahamas.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 7251); max. published weight: 5.80 g (Ref. 118626)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 4; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 4; Vertebrae: 18 - 20. Exceptionally angular, craggy body contours and large, prominent bucklers. Very small width of mouth relative to head depth 2-2.8; Narrow interorbital width to head depth 3.6-6.6. Rostrum length to disk margin length 3.2-5.1. Distal ends of pectorals with fleshy ventral pads. Vertebrae usually 19. Lateral line scale count: subopercular usually 5 or 6 (4-8); cheek usually 8 (7-9). Lateral line scale count usually 17 (Ref. 40824).
Inhabits offshore water, usually from 54-125 m depth.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Bradbury, M.G., 1980. A revision of the fish genus Ogcocephalus with descriptions of new species from the western Atlantic Ocean (Ogcocephalidae: Lophiiformes). Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 42(7):229-285. (Ref. 40824)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: bycatch
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 17.9 - 26.7, mean 23.1 °C (based on 153 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5001 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02344 (0.00968 - 0.05678), b=2.94 (2.73 - 3.15), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.3 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 86 [42, 177] mg/100g; Iron = 0.701 [0.378, 1.241] mg/100g; Protein = 18.6 [16.1, 21.8] %; Omega3 = 0.139 [0.052, 0.347] g/100g; Selenium = 28.6 [12.1, 65.1] μg/100g; VitaminA = 126 [34, 489] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.42 [0.91, 2.18] mg/100g (wet weight);
