Halieutopsis bathyoreos, Broad-snout deepsea batfish

Halieutopsis bathyoreos Bradbury, 1988

Broad-snout deepsea batfish
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Lophiiformes (Anglerfishes) > Ogcocephalidae (Batfishes)
Etymology: Halieutopsis: Greek, halieutis = fisher + Greek, opsis = apperance (Ref. 45335); bathyoreos: From a species of a deep mountain (Ref. 40825).

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

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 960 - 1500 m (Ref. 40825). Deep-water

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Indo-West Pacific: off Madagascar, Tanzania to off Hawaii, north to Japan; south to Australia.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.3 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 40825)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 5; Anal soft rays: 4; Vertebrae: 19. This species is distinguished from its congeners in having the following characters: rostrum is very broad and shelf-like, extending almost completely anterior to mouth; illicial cavity very wide (9.3-13.3% SL, mean 11.0%), with its opening directed downward and esca completely visible in ventral view; tubercles on dorsal surface relatively small and dense, each with 6-8 facets; ventral surface is smooth, with only a few (usually 2) flat tubercles at pelvic-fin bases and occasionally a few around the anus; skull length 24.2-29.5% SL, head depth 22.2-29.4% SL, eye diameter 6.7-10.0% SL, predorsal length 58.0-68.3% SL, preanal length 65.5-74.0% SL, dorsal-fin length 12.5-18.8% SL; lateral-line neuromasts: subopercular series 4-6 (mainly 5), preopercular series 2-3 (2), subopercular series 5-6 (5), dorsolateral branch of subopercular series 2-3 (3) (Ref. 127411).
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep; Cross section: flattened.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Holotype taken from a depth of 1,500 m (Ref. 33390). Minimum depth from Ref. 58018.

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Ho, H.-C., C.D. Roberts and K.-T. Shao, 2013. Revision of batfishes (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae) of New Zealand and adjacent waters, with description of two new species of the genus Malthopsis. Zootaxa 3626(1):188-200. (Ref. 92977)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 13 August 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: of no interest
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