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Teleostei (teleosts) >
Lophiiformes (Anglerfishes) >
Ogcocephalidae (Batfishes)
Etymology: Halieutopsis: Greek, halieutis = fisher + Greek, opsis = apperance (Ref. 45335); murrayi: Named after Sir John Murray (1841–1914).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range ? - 1270 m (Ref. 127411). Deep-water
East Indian Ocean: Yemen.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.9 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 127411)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
This species is distinguished by the following characters: body uniformly black; principal tubercles on rostrum are trifid; subopercular tubercle elongated and divided into four spinelets distally; tubercles on dorsal and ventral surfaces and tail are all simple, rather apart from each other with naked skin in between; tubercles on disk margin somewhat depressed, bifurcate at the tip; tubercles on dorsal surface with 5-8 facets; dorsal lobe of esca with two pairs of cirri; head narrow, 26.9% SL; interorbital space also narrow, 8.2% SL; illicial cavity narrow, 7.0% SL; all fins are relatively long (dorsal-fin length 19.1% SL, pectoral-fin length 31.6% SL, anal-fin length 19.7% SL, caudal-fin length 31.0% SL) (Ref. 127411).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
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)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = No PD50 data [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.2 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).