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Ogcocephalus radiatus, the Glossary

Ogcocephalus radiatus or the polka-dot batfish is an arrow-shaped fish in the family Ogcocephalidae with an elongated thin tail.^[1]

16 relations: Batoidea, Benthos, Campeche Bank, Family (biology), Fish fin, Fish scale, Florida, North Carolina, Ogcocephalidae, Ogcocephalus nasutus, Osteichthyes, Pelvic fin, Rostrum (anatomy), Seagrass meadow, The Bahamas, Tubercle.
Fish described in 1818
Ogcocephalus
Taxa named by Samuel L. Mitchill

Batoidea

Batoidea is a superorder of cartilaginous fishes, commonly known as rays.

See Ogcocephalus radiatus and Batoidea

Benthos

Benthos, also known as benthon, is the community of organisms that live on, in, or near the bottom of a sea, river, lake, or stream, also known as the benthic zone.

See Ogcocephalus radiatus and Benthos

Campeche Bank

Campeche Bank is part of the Gulf of Mexico and extends from the Yucatan Straits in the east to the Tabasco-Campeche Basin in the west.

See Ogcocephalus radiatus and Campeche Bank

Family (biology)

Family (familia,: familiae) is one of the nine major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy.

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Fish fin

Fins are moving appendages protruding from the body of fish that interact with water to generate thrust and help the fish swim.

See Ogcocephalus radiatus and Fish fin

Fish scale

A fish scale is a small rigid plate that grows out of the skin of a fish.

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Florida

Florida is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.

See Ogcocephalus radiatus and Florida

North Carolina

North Carolina is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

See Ogcocephalus radiatus and North Carolina

Ogcocephalidae

Ogcocephalidae is a family of anglerfish specifically adapted for a benthic lifestyle of crawling about on the seafloor.

See Ogcocephalus radiatus and Ogcocephalidae

Ogcocephalus nasutus, the shortnose batfish, is a species of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Ogcocephalidae, the deep sea batfishes. Ogcocephalus radiatus and Ogcocephalus nasutus are Ogcocephalus.

See Ogcocephalus radiatus and Ogcocephalus nasutus

Osteichthyes

Osteichthyes, also known as osteichthyans or commonly referred to as the bony fish, is a diverse superclass of vertebrate animals that have endoskeletons primarily composed of bone tissue.

See Ogcocephalus radiatus and Osteichthyes

Pelvic fin

Pelvic fins or ventral fins are paired fins located on the ventral (belly) surface of fish, and are the lower of the only two sets of paired fins (the other being the laterally positioned pectoral fins).

See Ogcocephalus radiatus and Pelvic fin

Rostrum (anatomy)

Rostrum (from Latin rostrum, meaning beak) is a term used in anatomy for a number of phylogenetically unrelated structures in different groups of animals.

See Ogcocephalus radiatus and Rostrum (anatomy)

Seagrass meadow

A seagrass meadow or seagrass bed is an underwater ecosystem formed by seagrasses.

See Ogcocephalus radiatus and Seagrass meadow

The Bahamas

The Bahamas, officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the Atlantic Ocean.

See Ogcocephalus radiatus and The Bahamas

Tubercle

In anatomy, a tubercle (literally 'small tuber', Latin for 'lump') is any round nodule, small eminence, or warty outgrowth found on external or internal organs of a plant or an animal.

See Ogcocephalus radiatus and Tubercle

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogcocephalus_radiatus

Also known as Polka-Dot Batfish.