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batfish
[ bat-fish ]
noun
- any of the flat-bodied marine fishes of the family Ogcocephalidae found worldwide in tropical and subtropical oceans, including Ogcocephalus vespertilio Brazilian batfish of the coastal western Atlantic Ocean, especially along the coast of Brazil.
- Also called bat ray. an eagle ray, Myliobatis californicus, found off the coast of California and southward to the Galapagos Islands.
batfish
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noun
- any angler of the family Ogcocephalidae , having a flattened scaleless body and moving on the sea floor by means of fleshy pectoral and pelvic fins
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Example Sentences
After carefully studying the creature and comparing images of the fish to various science books, they determined it was a thick-tailed batfish.
It is — I’m not sure I’m going to pronounce this right — an orbicular batfish, related to spadefish that you can find on the East Coast.
The zoo’s new inhabitants also include red-eyed tree frogs, walking batfish and electric eels as well as several carnivorous plants and more.
Speaking of dining habits, the red-lipped batfish is a carnivore and tends to snack on small fish and crustaceans.
In all, the trawls caught 14 fish species, including spotted batfish, leopard toadfish and a lined seahorse, and 31 invertebrate species, including 17 sponge species, five crab species, two whelk species and two starfish species.
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