Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Dibranchus discors
Pez murciélago, Batfish
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Lophiiformes
Suborder
Ogcocephalioidei
Family
Ogcocephalidae
Genus
Dibranchus
Species
discors
Taxon category: Accepted
Holotype. CAS 86502
Origin: Endemic
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- Bradbury, M. G. McCosker, J. E., & Long, D. J. (1998) Batfishes of the Galápagos Islands with descriptions of two new species of Dibranchus (Teleostei: Ogcocephalidae). Revue française d'aquariologie (Nancy), 25(3-4), 79-88.
- Grove, J.S. Long, D.J., Robertson, D.R. & Victor, B.C. (2022) List of Fishes of the Galapagos Archipelago, Ecuador. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 39, 14–22.
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
- IUCN (2023) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2023-1. Https://www.iucnredlist.org
- IUCN (2023) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-2 Https://www.iucnredlist.org
- McCosker, J.E. Rosenblatt, R.H. (2010) The fishes of the Galápagos Archipelago: an update. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sc., Ser. 4, vol. 61, Suppl. II, no. 11: 167-195.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Dibranchus discors", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=13134. Accessed 1 November 2026.