CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Actinopterygii (class) » Lophiiformes (order) » Ogcocephalidae (family)

CAAB Code:	37 212016 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Halicmetus reticulatus Smith & Radcliffe, 1912
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 212 Ogcocephalidae (Seabats) - show full list
Standard Name:	[a seabat]
Organism Type:	a seabat
Synonyms:	Halicmetus sp A [of P. Last] (in CAAB)
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Slope Demersal (200-2000m)
Parent Codes:	37 212903 Halicmetus spp.

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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2022-06-02.
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Expected species depth range is from 266 to 451 m.

Taxon Notes:	Updated from Halicmetus sp A [of P. Last] to H. reticulatus after Ho & Last 2018 reidentified the CAAB voucher for this species (CSIRO H 4070-48). In Australia, only known from one specimen collected off Port Hedland (18 12 S, 118 14 E), WA in 266-269m (Ho & Last, 2018). Elsewhere, known from Philippines, Taiwan, Japan & New Caledonia (Catalog of Fishes, 2022). The CAAB name of Halicmetus sp A also partly referred to another newly described species, Halicmetus westraliensis, coded as 37 212048.

Record source:	HO, HSUAN-CHING, LAST, PETER R., 2018. Review of the batfish genus Halicmetus Alcock, 1891 from Australian waters, with descriptions of two new species (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae), Zootaxa, Vol. 4508: 179. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4508.2.2

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