Halieutaea

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Genus of fishes

title: "Halieutaea" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["ogcocephalidae", "halieutaea", "taxa-named-by-achille-valenciennes", "marine-fish-genera"] description: "Genus of fishes" topic_path: "general/ogcocephalidae" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halieutaea" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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| image = Halieutaea coccinea.jpg | image_caption = Scarlet seabat (H. coccinea) | taxon = Halieutaea | authority = Valenciennes, 1837 | type_species = Halieutaea stellata | type_species_authority = Valenciennes, 1837 | synonyms = * Astrocanthus Swainson, 1839

Halieutaea is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Ogcocephalidae, the deep sea batfishes. These fishes are found in the Indian and Western Pacific Oceans.

Taxonomy

Halieutaea was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1837 by the French zoologist Achille Valenciennes with Halieutaea stellata as its only species. H. stellata had been described in 1797 as Lophius stellatus by the Norwegian biologist Martin Vahl with its type locality given as China. This genus is the sister group to the other two clades in the Family Ogcocephalidae. The family Ogcocephalidae is classified in the monotypic suborder Ogcocephaloidei within the order Lophiiformes, the anglerfishes in the 5th edition of Fishes of the World.

Etymology

Halieutaea is Greek for "angler" or "fishermam", a reference to the habit of these fishes of resting on the bottom and using their lures to attract prey towards them.

Species

Halieutaea contains the following valid species:

The genus is in need of a taxonomic review as there are believed to be some undescribed species and some of the currently recognised species may be synonyms.

Characteristics

Halieutaea seabats have a flattened disc like head which has a clearly rounded outline. The esca has a tongue-shaped upper lobe and two nearly joined lower lobes with cirri on the lower edge. There is a black tongue-like appendage at the base of the illicium. The snout does not overhang the mouth by too much. The teeth in the tongue are either arranged in paddle shaped patches which are set apart from each other or in a single oval patch. There are no teeth on the roof of the mouth. The scales are tubercles and of various sizes, the spaces between the scales are naked or covered in spinules. These fishes vary in size between a maximum published total length of 10.2 cm for H. retifera to 30 cm for H. fitzsimonsi and H. stellata.

Distribution and habitat

Halieutaea seabats are found in the Indian and Western Pacific Oceans from the eastern coast of Africa east to French Polynesia, north to Japan and south to Australia and northern New Zealand.

References

References

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  3. (2015). "Examining evolutionary relationships and shifts in depth preferences in batfishes (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.
  4. (2016). "Fishes of the World". [[John Wiley & Sons]].
  5. Christopher Scharpf. (14 November 2022). "Order LOPHIIFORMES (part 1): Families LOPHIIDAE, ANTENNARIIDAE, TETRABRACHIIDAE, LOPHICHTHYIDAE, BRACHIONICHTHYIDAE, CHAUNACIDAE and OGCOCEPHALIDAE". Christopher Scharpf.
  6. {{FishBase genus. (2024)
  7. Theodore W Pietsch. (2022). "Coastal Fishes of the Western Indian Ocean". South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity.
  8. These [[bathydemersal]] fishes are found at depths between {{cvt. 20. and. 494. Halieutaea. coccinea. (2024)

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