Starry Deepsea Batfish, Halieutopsis stellifera (Smith & Radcliffe 1912)
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Bray, D.J. 2024, Halieutopsis stellifera in Fishes of Australia, accessed 13 Jan 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/5679
Starry Deepsea Batfish, Halieutopsis stellifera (Smith & Radcliffe 1912)
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Distribution |
Off the Gold Coast, Queensland, to off Gerringong, New South Wales, and NW of the Dampier Archipelago to the Scott Reef area, NW of Cape Leveque, Western Australia; also the Lord Howe Province in the Tasman Sea. Elsewhere the species occurs in the northern Celebes to the Philippine Archipelago and the Okinawa trough. Benthic specimens have a bathymetric range of 395-1372 m. |
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Etymology |
The specific name stellifera is from the Latin stella (= star) and fero (= bearing, to carry), in reference to the stellate tubercles, each capped with a long slender spine, covering the dorsal surface. |
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Species Citation |
Dibranchus stellifer Smith & Radcliffe, in Radcliffe 1912, Proceedings of the United States National Museum 42(1896): 210, Pls. 22 (fig. 2), 23 (fig. 2). Type locality: Flores Sea off Sulawesi, Indonesia, 5°36'30"S, 120°49'00"E, Albatross station 5660, depth 692 fathoms. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2024 |
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Starry Deepsea Batfish, Halieutopsis stellifera (Smith & Radcliffe 1912)
References
Ho, H. 2020. Halieutopsis stellifera. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T140342538A140859637. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T140342538A140859637.en. Accessed on 17 October 2024.
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 10(1): 64 pp. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10010034
Smith, H.M. & Radcliffe, L. 1912, in Radcliffe, L. New pediculate fishes from the Philippine Islands and contiguous waters. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 42(1896): 199-214 pls 16-27 See ref at BHL
Quick Facts
CAAB Code:37212032
Conservation:IUCN Least Concern
Depth:375-1372 m
Habitat:Soft sediment areas
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