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Halieutopsis kawaii Ho, 2021

Kawai's deepsea batfish
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Lophiiformes (Anglerfishes) > Ogcocephalidae (Batfishes)
Etymology: Halieutopsis: Greek, halieutis = fisher + Greek, opsis = apperance (Ref. 45335); kawaii: Named for Dr. Toshio Kawai, Hokkaido University.

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

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 735 - 1908 m (Ref. 127411). Subtropical

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Indo-West Pacific: Indonesia (East Indian Ocean) and Taiwan.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.4 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 127411)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal soft rays (total): 4 - 5; Anal soft rays: 4. This species is distinguished by the following characters: body is dark brown, covered by simple tubercles on the dorsal surface and relatively more sparsely scattered tubercles on the ventral surface, no small tubercles interspersed among them on either side of body; principal tubercle on rostrum is simple, with broad base bearing several small spines; principal tubercles on tail are simple, never bifurcate; dorsal lobe of esca with a pair of cirri on tip and two or three pairs of small lateral flaps; orbital diameter large, 11.6-14.0% (mean 12.7%) SL; interorbital space narrow 9.9-11.3% SL (mean 10.7%); lateral-line neuromasts 2-4 (mainly 3) in ventral series (Ref. 127411).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Ho, Hsuan-Ching | Collaborators

Ho, H.-C., 2021. Taxonomy and distribution of the deep-sea batfish genus Halieutopsis (Teleostei: Ogcocephalidae), with descriptions of five new species. J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 10(1):34. (Ref. 127411)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: of no interest
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AFORO (otoliths) | Aquatic Commons | BHL | Cloffa | BOLDSystems | Websites from users | Check FishWatcher | CISTI | Catalog of Fishes: genus, species | DiscoverLife | ECOTOX | FAO - Publication: search | Faunafri | Fishipedia | Fishtrace | GenBank: genome, nucleotide | GloBI | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | IGFA World Record | MitoFish | National databases | Otolith Atlas of Taiwan Fishes | PubMed | Reef Life Survey | Socotra Atlas | Tree of Life | Wikipedia: Go, Search | World Records Freshwater Fishing | Zoobank | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = No PD50 data   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.3   ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).