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Halieutopsis echinoderma Ho, 2021

Spiny deepsea batfish
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Classification / Names Κοινά ονόματα | Συνώνυμα | Catalog of Fishes(Γένος, Είδη) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Lophiiformes (Anglerfishes) > Ogcocephalidae (Batfishes)
Etymology: Halieutopsis: Greek, halieutis = fisher + Greek, opsis = apperance (Ref. 45335)echinoderma: Name from the Greek εχινόδερμα, me for spiny skin, referring to the squsquamation; noun in apposition.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Οικολογία

Θαλασσινό(ά) βαθύβιο(ς); εύρος βάθους 400 - 511 m (Ref. 127411). Subtropical

Κατανομή Χώρες | Περιοχές FAO | Οικοσυστήματα | Παρουσίες | Point map | Εισαγωγές | Faunafri

Western Pacific: off northeastern Taiwan and Australia.

Μέγεθος / Βάρος / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.4 cm SL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 127411)

Short description Κλείδες προσδιορισμού | Μορφολογία | Μορφομετρία

This species is distinguished by the following characters: vermiculate color pattern on dorsal surface; numerous small tubercles interspersed among principal tubercles on dorsal surface; principal tubercle on rostrum trifid; principal tubercles on tail simple, never bifurcate; dorsal lobe of esca with one pair of cirri on tip and two or three lateral pairs of small flaps; skull length 31.1-34.1% SL, head depth 25.7-32.4% SL; interorbital width 13.5-16.2% SL, disk margin 43.5-49.4% SL; lateral-line neuromasts in ventral series 3-5 (mainly 3) (Ref. 127411).

Βιολογία     Γλωσσάρι (π.χ. epibenthic)

Life cycle and mating behavior Γεννητική Ωρίμανση | Αναπαραγωγή | Γεννοβολία | Αβγά | Γονιμότητα | Προνύμφες

Main reference Upload your references | Αναφορές | Συντονιστής : Ho, Hsuan-Ching | Συνεργάτες

Ho, H.-C., 2021. Taxonomy and distribution of the deep-sea batfish genus Halieutopsis (Teleostei: Ogcocephalidae), with descriptions of five new species. J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 10(1):34. (Ref. 127411)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)


CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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