Halieutopsis

Halieutopsis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ogcocephalioidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Lophiiformes Subordo: Ogcocephalioidei Superfamilia: Ogcocephalioidea

Familia: Ogcocephalidae
Genus: Halieutopsis
Species (9):
H. andriashevi – Bradbury, 1988;
H. bathyoreos – Bradbury, 1988;
H. echinoderma – Ho, 2021;
H. galatea – Bradbury, 1988;
H. ingerorum – Bradbury, 1988;
H. kawaii – Ho, 2021;
H. margaretae – Ho & Shao, 2007;
H. murrayi – Ho, 2021;
H. nasutus – (Alcock, 1891);
H. nudiventer – (Lloyd, 1909);
H. oblonga – (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912);
H. okamurai – Ho, 2021;
H. simula – (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912);
H. stellifera – (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912);
H. taiwanea – Ho, 2021;
H. tumifrons – Garman, 1899.

[source: WoRMS]

Name

• Halieutopsis Garman, 1899
  • Gender: [feminine]
  • Type species: Halieutopsis tumifrons Garman, 1899
    • Fixation: original designation [and monotypy]

Taxonomy

Diagnosis. Gill filaments absent from first and fourth gill arches; teeth usually present on fifth ceratobranchial, in two small and well-separated patches. Illicial bone relatively simple and spine-like, lacking foramina in base; esca usually bearing two large lateral lobes (except for H. simula), and a dorsal median lobe usually provided with cirri or skin flaps. Pectoral pedicels broadly attached to body wall. Lateral line interrupted, with tail series running ventrally and extending anteriorly to or beyond anus, 1–6 neuromasts on either side of anus (ventral series).

References

Primary references

• Garman, S. 1899. The Fishes. In: Reports on an exploration off the west coasts of Mexico, Central and South America, and off the Galapagos Islands ... by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross," during 1891 ... No. XXVI. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 24: Text: 1–431, Atlas: Pls. 1–85 + A-M. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Bradbury, Margaret G. (2003) Family Ogcocephalidae Jordan 1895: batfishes. Annotated Checklists of Fishes, no. 17. 1-17. PDF
• Ho, H.-C. and K.-T. Shao. 2007. A new species of Halieutopsis (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae) from western North and eastern central Pacific Ocean. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Suppl. no. 14: 87-92.
• 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 v. 10(1): 1-64. Online

Links

• Halieutopsis – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).