Halieutopsis simula (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912)

Family:  Ogcocephalidae (Batfishes)
Max. size:  6.53 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  bathydemersal; marine; depth range - 512 m
Distribution:  Indo-West Pacific: Taiwan, Philippines. Indonesia and western Australia.
Diagnosis:  Dorsal soft rays (total): 6-6; Anal soft rays: 4-4; Vertebrae: 18-18. Disk rounded and compressed, with cranium moderately elevated and bulbous rostrum rising slightly above it and extending anterior to mouth. Ventral surface without tubercles. Very wide mouth with lower jaw projecting. Trilobed esca with masses of short filaments, except dorsal tip of dorsal lobe. Cephalic lateral line scale counts: preopercular 3; subopercular 6-7; dorsolateral branch of subopercular 3-4; supraorbital 9. Lateral line scale counts on body 9-10; tail 11-13. Fins weak; anal relatively long, reaching base of caudal (Ref. 40825).
Biology:  Minimum depth from Ref. 58018.
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 13 August 2019 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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