Ogcocephalidae

Cocos Batfish

Ogcocephalus porrectus

Fish Reaching Thirteen Point Nine Centimeters in the Pacific Ocean

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• South America
• Deep-bodied
• Small
• Tropical fish

Ogcocephalus porrectus, the rosy-lipped batfish, is endemic to Cocos Island off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. Though members of Ogcocephalidae occur in tropical, warm waters in both the Western Atlantic and Eastern Pacific. Rosy-lipped batfish generally reside in shallow to deep water benthic zones with a bathymetric range of 35 – 150 m.