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Solocisquama
Sign in to saveSolocisquama is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Ogcocephalidae, the deep sea batfishes. The species in this genus are benthic fishes found in deep waters in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Species
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderLophiiformes
- FamilyOgcocephalidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 7
- With media
- 7
- Family
- Ogcocephalidae
- Collections
- MNHN, WAM, AM, MAGNT
- Recorded in
- Nouvelle-Caledonie, Philippines, Australia
Wikidata facts
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- Parent taxon
- Ogcocephalidae
- Image
- Solocisquama erythrina.jpg
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- Category:Solocisquama
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Distribution and habitat
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Solocisquama is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Ogcocephalidae, the deep sea batfishes. The species in this genus are benthic fishes found in deep waters in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
==Taxonomy== Solocisquama was first proposed as a genus in 1999 by in 1980 by the American ichthyologist Margaret G. Bradbury with Dibranchus stellulatus as its type species. D. stellulatus was first formally described in 1905 by the Charles Henry Gilbert from off north coast of Maui in the Hawaiian Islands collected at Albatross station 4080 from a depth of . This genus is classified within the "Eastern Pacific/Western Atlantic clade" of the family Ogcocephalidae. The family Ogcocephalidae is classified in the monotypic suborder Ogcocephaloidei within the order Lophiiformes, the anglerfishes in the 5th edition of Fishes of the World.
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