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Halieutichthys bispinosus Ho, Chakrabarty & Sparks, 2010

Spiny batfish
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Lophiiformes (Anglerfishes) > Ogcocephalidae (Batfishes)
Etymology: Halieutichthys: Greek, halieutis, halieutikos = fisher + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335); bispinosus: The name refers to the well-developed inner and outer sphenotic tubercles, which is unique to species within complex.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 100 - 400 m (Ref. 85070). Tropical

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Western Central Atlantic: southern coast of USA and throughout Gulf of Mexico.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.9 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 85070)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

This species of the H. aculeatus complex is distinguished by having a relatively strong and sharp tubercles on dorsal part of body; both inner and outer sphenotic tubercles are well developed; a row of tubercles almost always present dorsal to orbit; trifid principal tubercles on disk margin with anterior spinelet enlarged; dense arrangement of tubercles on the tail (Ref. 85070).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Most specimens are taken less than 100 m (Ref. 85070).

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Ho, H.-C., P. Chakrabarty and J.S. Sparks, 2010. Review of the Halieutichthys aculeatus species complex (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae), with descriptions of two new species. J. Fish Biol. 77(4):841-869. (Ref. 85070)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 16 September 2014

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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