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Lophiiformes (Anglerfishes) >
Ogcocephalidae (Batfishes)
Etymology: Halieutopsis: Greek, halieutis = fisher + Greek, opsis = apperance (Ref. 45335); margaretae: Named for Prof. Margaret G, Bradbury..
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 445 - 1185 m (Ref. 58309). Deep-water
Northwestern Central Pacific: Japan, Taiwan and Hawaii.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.4 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 58309)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal soft rays (total): 4 - 6; Vertebrae: 18. Distinguished from its congeners by the following: bifurcate dermal spines on ventral surface; body surface of disk covered with complex tubercles, 4-7 spines on rostrum, disk edge, and subopercle, trident on tail; 3 lateral lines on preopercle, 6 on subopercle, 2-3 on dorsolateral branch of subopercle, 1-2 on ventral series of body and 8-9 on tail; 18 vertebrae (Ref. 58309).
Collected by otter trawl and shrimp trawl or trap (Ref. 58309).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Ho, H.-C. and K.-T. Shao, 2007. New species of Halieutopsis (Lophiiformes: Oneirodidae), from Western North and Eastern Central Pacific Ocean. Raffles Bull. Zool. Suppl. 14:87-92. (Ref. 58309)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES (Ref. 128078)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
115969): 1.5 - 2.4, mean 1.9 (based on 804 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5010 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02291 (0.00925 - 0.05675), b=2.94 (2.72 - 3.16), 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).