Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Dibranchus erinaceus
pez murcielago, Batfish
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Lophiiformes
Suborder
Ogcocephalioidei
Family
Ogcocephalidae
Genus
Dibranchus
Species
erinaceus
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Malthopsis erinacea Garman, 1899.
Origin: Native
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- 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.
- 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 erinaceus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=13135. Accessed 4 November 2026.