FB-70695 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70695 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Lophiiformes Lophiidae Lophiomus Lophiomus carusoi Chen, Lee & Chen, 2024 Rough shortnose seabat 2024-08-16 2024-08-19 Ho, H.-C.0 A new species of the shortnose batfish genus <i>Halicmetus</i> from Madagascar (Family Ogcocephalidae). Zootaxa 5138(2):177-184. (Ref. 130201) FB-DiagnosticDescr-70706 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-09-12 00:00:00 2024-09-12 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70706 This species is distinguished by the following characters; with various-sized bucklers densely covering the body surfaces; further differs from its congeners by the following set of characters: body disk relatively small, with disk width 59.7% SL; orbit is small, its diameter 8.3% SL; interorbital moderately wide, 7.4% SL; tail length, 47.7% SL; illicial trough opening is wide and high; adult no dorsal fin absent; pectoral-fin rays 13. Colouration: preserved individuals are uniformly creamy white; peritoneal membrane is pale with dense melanophores and scattered black dots (Ref. 130201). Ho, H.-C. 2022 A new species of the shortnose batfish genus <i>Halicmetus</i> from Madagascar (Family Ogcocephalidae). Zootaxa 5138(2):177-184. (Ref. 130201) FB-Morphology-70706 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-09-12 00:00:00 2024-09-12 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70706 Dorsal soft rays (total): 0; Analsoft rays: 4 Ho, H.-C. 2022 A new species of the shortnose batfish genus <i>Halicmetus</i> from Madagascar (Family Ogcocephalidae). Zootaxa 5138(2):177-184. (Ref. 130201) FB-Distribution-70706 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-09-12 00:00:00 2024-09-12 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70706 Western Indian Ocean: Northern Madagascar (Mozambique Channel). Ho, H.-C. 2022 A new species of the shortnose batfish genus <i>Halicmetus</i> from Madagascar (Family Ogcocephalidae). Zootaxa 5138(2):177-184. (Ref. 130201) FB-Size-70706 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-09-12 00:00:00 2024-09-12 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70706 6.9 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 130201)) Ho, H.-C. 2022 A new species of the shortnose batfish genus <i>Halicmetus</i> from Madagascar (Family Ogcocephalidae). Zootaxa 5138(2):177-184. (Ref. 130201) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-70706 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-09-12 00:00:00 2024-09-12 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70706 bathydemersal; marine; depth range 595 - 605 m (Ref. 130201) Ho, H.-C. 2022 A new species of the shortnose batfish genus <i>Halicmetus</i> from Madagascar (Family Ogcocephalidae). Zootaxa 5138(2):177-184. (Ref. 130201)