Taxonavigation

Familia: Ogcocephalidae
Genus: Halicmetus
Species: Halicmetus marmoratus

Name

• Halicmetus marmoratus Weber, 1913

• Type locality: Madura Sea, 7°15'S, 115°15.6'E, Siboga station 12, depth 289 meters.

• Diagnosis. A species of Halicmetus distinguished by the following combination of characters: disk broad, width 70–81% SL; eye small, orbit diameter 7.7–9.8% SL; interorbit narrow, 6.7–9.0% SL; illicial trough opening elevated; mid-dorsal disk covered with simple spinules and very dense coverage of well-developed, granular, dome-shaped bucklers, easily visible without magnification; belly covered with relatively widely spaced, simple spinules and low multicuspid tubercles; dorsal-fin rays usually present; pectoral-fin rays 11–14 (modally 13); dorsal surface pale greenish or white with pattern of darker dusky cross bars, pattern persistent when preserved; peritoneal membrane pale with sparse pattern of melanophores; distal parts of pectoral, pelvic and anal fins pale.

• Distribution: Most of specimens examined were from the eastern coast of Australia; one jar with two specimens were collected from Madagascar. The bathymetric range extended from 256 to 695 m, with most specimens taken between 300 and 500 m.

• Etymology. From complicate body color patches.

Primary references

• Ho, H-C. & Last, P.R. 2018. Review of the batfish genus Halicmetus Alcock, 1891 from Australian waters, with descriptions of two new species (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae). Zootaxa 4508(2): 179–196. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4508.2.2 pdf Reference page.