Marbled Shortnose Seabat, Halicmetus marmoratus Weber 1913
A Marbled Shortnose Seabat, Halicmetus marmoratus, AMS I,24822-001, from off Wollongong, New South Wales, 34°38’S, 151°15’E, 348 m, 19 July 1979. Source: Ken J. Graham, Fig. 1B, in Ho & Last (2018) Zootaxa 4508(2): 179-196. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
Summary:
A pinkish-yellow seabat with a blackish-green marble pattern, pale fins, and a pale to pinkish underside.
Cite this page as:
Bray, D.J. 2021, Halicmetus marmoratus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 23 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/5477
Marbled Shortnose Seabat, Halicmetus marmoratus Weber 1913
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Distribution |
Eastern Australia, from off Raine Island, Coral Sea, Queensland, to south of Point Hicks, Victoria, and southeast of Hobart, Tasmania. Inhabits seamounts, ridges and rises on the continental slope at depths of 256-695 m, mostly between 300 and 500 m. |
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Remarks |
Ho and Last (2018) tentatively identified two specimens from Madagascar as Halicmetus marmoratus. |
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Species Citation |
Halicmetus ruber var. marmoratus Weber 1913, Die Fische der Siboga-Expedition: 567. Type locality: Madura Sea, 7°15'S, 115°15.6'E, depth 289 m. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2021 |
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Marbled Shortnose Seabat, Halicmetus marmoratus Weber 1913
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. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4508.2.2
Weber, M. 1913. Die Fische der Siboga-Expedition. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 710 pp., 12 pls. See ref at BHL
