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Teleostei (teleosts) >
Lophiiformes (Anglerfishes) >
Ogcocephalidae (Batfishes)
Etymology: Halieutopsis: Greek, halieutis = fisher + Greek, opsis = apperance (Ref. 45335); okamurai: Named after the late Dr. Osamu Okamura (Professor Emeritus, BSKU).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range ? - 1950 m (Ref. 127411). Subtropical
Northwest Pacific, Japan.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 127411)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
This species is distinguished by the following characters: dorsal surface of disk and tail are covered with moderate-sized tubercles; tubercle on rostrum is small and low, bearing some small spinules at its base; simple tubercles on disk edge forming a serrated margin; ventral surface naked except for two tubercles on each side of the pelvic fin bases; tubercles on tail associated with lateral-line neuromasts bifurcate; one or two lateral-line neuromasts on each side; skull length 27.4% SL, eye diameter 7.1% SL, illicial cavity width 8.8% SL, mouth width 19.4% SL, upper jaw length 10.6% SL, predorsal length 62.2% SL, postanal length 51.7% SL, preanal length 70.0% SL, dorsal-fin length 14.6% SL, pectoral-fin length 20.0% SL, anal-fin length 14.2% SL, caudal-fin length 17.1% 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).
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