| Halieutopsis bathyoreos | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Lophiiformes |
| Family: | Ogcocephalidae |
| Genus: | Halieutopsis |
| Species: | H. bathyoreos |
| Binomial name | |
| Halieutopsis bathyoreos Bradbury, 1988 | |
Halieutopsis bathyoreos, also known as the broad-snout deepsea batfish, is a species of fish in the family Ogcocephalidae.[1] It is found in the Pacific Ocean, specifically off the coasts of Japan, the Hawaiian Islands, and New Zealand.[2] This species reaches a length of 6.3 cm (2.5 in).[3]
Etymology
The fish is named as from a species of a deep mountain.
References
- ↑ Ho, H.-C., C.D. Roberts and K.-T. Shao, 2013. Revision of batfishes (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae) of New Zealand and adjacent waters, with description of two new species of the genus Malthopsis. Zootaxa 3626(1):188-200.
- ↑ Bradbury, M.G., 1999. A review of the fish genus Dibranchus with descriptions of new species and a new genus, Solocisquama (Lophiiformes, Ogcocephalidae). Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 51(5):259-310
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Halieutopsis bathyoreos" in FishBase. 2 2015 version.
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