Talk:Red-lipped batfish

There seems to be confusion about this fish. Does it live in the Galapagos or near the Cocos Islands?

a bot removed the youtube link I inserted, feel free to add it if you want http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9inncLXAHg&feature=player_embedded — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.68.88.58 (talk) 10:37, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

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Photograph
Can we get a photograph that actually shows the reason this fish is named as it is?! Sheesh! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.30.84.105 (talk) 20:47, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

California sighting citation?
I noticed there is no valid citation for the claim that they have been found in California. The paragraph that contains this claim (along with lots of other info) has citation #6 at the end.

I read the abstract for that work and it DOES talk about fish being found as far north as California but it is talking about a different species. Could this be an error in the wikipedia article from someone who did not fully understand the journal article?

It states, "Z. elater is generally recorded as ranging from Mexico to Panama but it occurs as far north as Point Conception, California where two specimens were caught in halibut nets in January,1945. One of them is here figured. (Pl. IV, Fig 3.) Other specimens have been taken in southern California."

This paragraph is clearly talking about the fish species Zalieutes elater and not the red-lipped batfish.

Unless someone can find a source claiming red-lipped batfish have been found in California that "fact" should be removed from the article. Kirkmona (talk) 23:03, 7 August 2023 (UTC)