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Batfish
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
see angler.
More on Batfish
Angler - common name for a member of the family Ceratiidae, European and American bottom-dwelling predacious fishes.
Batfish
Batfish is a name given to several fishes:
Malthe vespertilio of the Atlantic coast.
The flying gurnard of the Atlantic (Cephalacanthus spinarel).
The California batfish or sting ray (Myliobatis californicus).
Ogcocephalus parvus, Roughback Batfish
Ogcocephalus nasutus, Shortnose Batfish
Ogilbyina velifera, Sailfin Dottyback
Ogilbyina queenslandiae, Queensland Dottyback
Ommatophoca rossii, Ross Seal
Oncorhynchus masou masou, Cherry Salmon ...
orbic batfish (Platax orbicularis)
orbic cardinal (Sphaeramia orbicularis)
orchid dottyback (Pseudochromis fridmani)
oriental butterfly (Chaetodon auripes)
oriental wrasse (Oxycheilinus rhodochrous)
ornate angel (Genicanthus bellus) ...
Water FunFISH-SEAWATER: Banggai Cardinalfish, Bay Pipefish, Batfish (Platax pinnatus), Bay Pipefish, Bird Wrasse, Black And Yellow Rockfish, Blackcap Basslet, Blacksmith, Blue Faced Angelfish, Blue Tang, Boccacio, Bonefish, Boxfish, ...
Shortnose batfish (Ogcocephalus nasutus)
Olive ridley turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea)
Cuvier's beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris)
Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
Fraser's dolphin (Lagenodelphis hosei)
Tope shark (Galeorhinus galeus) ...
SUBORDER ACANTHUROIDEI
spadefishes, batfishes, scats, rabbitfishes, luvars, moorish idols, surgeonfishes, unicornfishes
ATLANTIC SPADEFISH
BLUE TANG ...
Predators cannot tell the head from the tail and become confused, allowing the fish time to escape. Other species take on the color pattern of toxic fishes even though they are not toxic. Some species of young batfishes even mimic floating debris ...
scientists even know they exist. 5) The "T. Rex" leech, which has teeth-and which was discovered inside the nose of a little girl in Peru. 6) A jumping cockroach from South Africa called the "leaproach." 7) The very weird looking pancake batfish from ...
Starry Batfish, Halieutaea stellata Vahl, 1797
Starry Pufferfish, Arothron stellatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Starry Pufferfish, Arothron stellatus, at Fly Point
Stars and Stripes Toadfish, Arothron hispidus (Linnaeus, 1758) ...
 See also: Parrotfish, Parrot, Coral, Angelfish, Shrimp
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