The red-lipped batfish is a bottom dweller, and is usually found on the sandy bottom of reefs or on the ocean floor. They can be found in the Pacific Ocean around the Galapagos Islands. Although it is capable of swimming along the seabed in search of food, the batfish’s fins are better adapted to work as pseudo-legs. These ‘legs’ are used to walk and perch on while it surveys its surroundings.