Taxonavigation

Familia: Ogcocephalidae
Genus: Halieutopsis
Species (9):
H. andriashevi – Bradbury, 1988;
H. bathyoreos – Bradbury, 1988;
H. echinoderma – Ho, 2021;
H. galatea – Bradbury, 1988;
H. ingerorum – Bradbury, 1988;
H. kawaii – Ho, 2021;
H. margaretae – Ho & Shao, 2007;
H. murrayi – Ho, 2021;
H. nasutus – (Alcock, 1891);
H. nudiventer – (Lloyd, 1909);
H. oblonga – (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912);
H. okamurai – Ho, 2021;
H. simula – (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912);
H. stellifera – (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912);
H. taiwanea – Ho, 2021;
H. tumifrons – Garman, 1899.

[source: WoRMS]

Name

• Halieutopsis Garman, 1899
  • Gender: [feminine]
  • Type species: Halieutopsis tumifrons Garman, 1899
    • Fixation: original designation [and monotypy]

Taxonomy

Diagnosis. Gill filaments absent from first and fourth gill arches; teeth usually present on fifth ceratobranchial, in two small and well-separated patches. Illicial bone relatively simple and spine-like, lacking foramina in base; esca usually bearing two large lateral lobes (except for H. simula), and a dorsal median lobe usually provided with cirri or skin flaps. Pectoral pedicels broadly attached to body wall. Lateral line interrupted, with tail series running ventrally and extending anteriorly to or beyond anus, 1–6 neuromasts on either side of anus (ventral series).

Primary references

• Garman, S. (1899) The Fishes. In: Reports on an exploration off the west coasts of Mexico, Central and South America, and off the Galapagos Islands ... by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross," during 1891 ... No. XXVI. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 24: Text: 1–431, Atlas: Pls. 1-85 + A-M.

References

• Bradbury, Margaret G. (2003) Family Ogcocephalidae Jordan 1895: batfishes. Annotated Checklists of Fishes, no. 17. 1-17. PDF
• Ho, H.-C. and K.-T. Shao. 2007. A new species of Halieutopsis (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae) from western North and eastern central Pacific Ocean. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Suppl. no. 14: 87-92.
• Ho, H.-C. 2021. Taxonomy and distribution of the deep-sea batfish genus Halieutopsis (Teleostei: Ogcocephalidae), with descriptions of five new species. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering v. 10(1): 1-64. Online