The batfish Ogcocephalus: a flat frogfish, not a weird goby
Technical problems continue.
Images here were placed on queue prior to the advent of those problems.
Note: I was not able to add captions to these library photos as part of the ongoing problem. Nor can I select the image to center it. Hopefully this problem will be recognized and corrected.
Everything was just fine last week.
Learning as I go while building the LRT from scratch,
I earlier made several mistakes identifying the skull parts of the batfish, Ogcocephalus (Fig 1), which is traditionally considered a type of anglerfish. It angles with a lure between its eyes, below the frontal (not nasal) projecting crest. Now the batfish nests with Antennarius the frogfish in the LRT.
Re-identifying certain skull bones
made this phylogenetic correction possible. This is what they call, “learning on the go.” Try it sometime. If I can do it, so can you.
Ogcocephalus vespertilio
(Linneaus 1758; 30cm) is the extant Brazilian batfish or seadevil. Here it nests with frogfish, like Antennarius. No nasals are visible in these diagrams. The pelvis is anterior to the pectoral girdle. This nocturnal fish covers itself with sand and preys on seafloor invertebrates. The rostrum can be used as a digging tool.
References
Linnaeus C 1758. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata.
Source: https://pterosaurheresies.wordpress.com/2024/02/05/the-batfish-ogcocephalus-a-flat-frogfish-not-a-weird-goby/
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