Ogilby's Ghost Flathead

Hoplichthys ogilbyi

• Group: Other
• For divers: safe

A bony, flattened fish of the cooler continental shelf and slope, with a broad head and a body armoured along the sides by rows of spiny plates. It rests on the seabed and is rarely encountered alive. Little has been documented about how it lives.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Chordata › Teleostei › Perciformes › Hoplichthyidae › Hoplichthys

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 278230.