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Ogcocephalidae (Batfishes)
Etymology: Halieutopsis: Greek, halieutis = fisher + Greek, opsis = apperance (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Garman.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 2418 - 2487 m (Ref. 127411). Deep-water
Southeast Pacific: Galapagos Islands.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.9 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 40825)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal soft rays (total): 5 - 6; Anal soft rays: 4; Vertebrae: 19. This species is distinguished by the following characters: body disk oval, box-like and less depressed, relatively flabby; interorbital space broad (14.0–20.6% SL, mean 17.5%); all fins are gray to black, becoming paler with increased body size; rostrum rather blunt, well overhanging mouth, with small, simple to trifid tubercles; esca with three lobes, two rounded and well-separated ventral lobes and leaf-like dorsal lobe with pair of cirri at tip; ventral surface covered with simple tubercles, those on disk margin bifurcate, those on tail simple, with small tubercles interspersed among larger ones; subopercular tubercles are weakly developed, only slightly enlarged, divided into 3-5 small spines (Ref. 127411).
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep; Cross section: flattened.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
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 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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