Fish · anglerfish

Atlantic batfish

Dibranchus atlanticus

PacificAtlanticIndianSouthernArctic A single ocean

Depth

Mostly 300 to 820 m, from 45 to 1,300 m

Size

Often 15 cm, up to 39 cm

Diet

Worms, small crustaceans, bivalves, brittle stars, sea stars

Zone

The sea floor · 200 – 3,500 m

Key facts

• A poor swimmer, it walks on the bottom with its arm-like fins.
• Like anglerfish, it fishes with a small lure at the end of a rod, which it tucks into a cavity above its mouth.
• Its flattened, disk-shaped body rests on the mud to wait for prey.
• In this family, one species has been collected as deep as 4,000 m.

Verified sources

1. FishBase : Dibranchus atlanticus
2. Fishes of Australia : famille des Ogcocephalidae

In the game: To observe

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