Halieutopsis nudiventer

Halieutopsis nudiventer, also known as the naked-belly deepsea batfish, is a species of fish in the family Ogcocephalidae.[1][2][3]

Halieutopsis nudiventer
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Lophiiformes
Family: Ogcocephalidae
Genus: Halieutopsis
Species:
H. nudiventer
Binomial name
Halieutopsis nudiventer
(Lloyd, 1909)
Synonyms
  • Dibranchus nudiventer Lloyd, 1909

It is found in the Eastern Indian Ocean around the Bay of Bengal.

This species reaches a length of 7.5 cm (3.0 in).[4]

References

  1. Ho, Hsuan-Ching. 2022. "Taxonomy and Distribution of the Deep-Sea Batfish Genus Halieutopsis (Teleostei: Ogcocephalidae), with Descriptions of Five New Species" Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 10, no. 1: 34. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10010034
  2. Bradbury, M.G., 1999. A review of the fish genus Dibranchus with descriptions of new species and a new genus, Solocisquama (Lophiiformes, Ogcocephalidae). Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 51(5):259-310.
  3. Lloyd, R.E. A Description of the Deep-Sea Fish Caught by the R. I. M. S. Ship ‘Investigator’ since the Year 1900, with Supposed Evidence of Mutation in Malthopsis. Mem. Indian Mus. 1909, 2, 139–180. [Google Scholar]
  4. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Halieutopsis nudiventer" in FishBase. 2 2015 version.


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