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Ogcocephalidae (Batfishes)
Etymology: Halieutopsis: Greek, halieutis = fisher + Greek, opsis = apperance (Ref. 45335); bathyoreos: From a species of a deep mountain (Ref. 40825).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 960 - 1500 m (Ref. 40825). Deep-water
Indo-West Pacific: off Madagascar, Tanzania to off Hawaii, north to Japan; south to Australia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.3 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 40825)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal soft rays (total): 5; Anal soft rays: 4; Vertebrae: 19. This species is distinguished from its congeners in having the following characters: rostrum is very broad and shelf-like, extending almost completely anterior to mouth; illicial cavity very wide (9.3-13.3% SL, mean 11.0%), with its opening directed downward and esca completely visible in ventral view; tubercles on dorsal surface relatively small and dense, each with 6-8 facets; ventral surface is smooth, with only a few (usually 2) flat tubercles at pelvic-fin bases and occasionally a few around the anus; skull length 24.2-29.5% SL, head depth 22.2-29.4% SL, eye diameter 6.7-10.0% SL, predorsal length 58.0-68.3% SL, preanal length 65.5-74.0% SL, dorsal-fin length 12.5-18.8% SL; lateral-line neuromasts: subopercular series 4-6 (mainly 5), preopercular series 2-3 (2), subopercular series 5-6 (5), dorsolateral branch of subopercular series 2-3 (3) (Ref. 127411).
Holotype taken from a depth of 1,500 m (Ref. 33390). Minimum depth from Ref. 58018.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Ho, H.-C., C.D. Roberts and K.-T. Shao, 2013. Revision of batfishes (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae) of New Zealand and adjacent waters, with description of two new species of the genus Malthopsis. Zootaxa 3626(1):188-200. (Ref. 92977)
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
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 3 - 5.2, mean 4.1 °C (based on 301 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5010 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02344 (0.00968 - 0.05678), b=2.94 (2.73 - 3.15), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
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).
