Halieutichthys

Halieutichthys is a fish genus in the family Ogcocephalidae.

Halieutichthys
Pancake batfish (H. aculeatus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Lophiiformes
Family: Ogcocephalidae
Genus: Halieutichthys
Poey, 1863

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[1]

ImageNameCommon nameDistribution
Halieutichthys aculeatus Mitchill, 1818[2]Pancake batfishwestern Atlantic, North Carolina, northern Gulf of Mexico to northern South America
Halieutichthys bispinosus H. C. Ho, Chakrabarty & Sparks, 2010[2]Gulf of Mexico
Halieutichthys caribbaeus Garman, 1896Western central Atlantic: Caribbean Sea and the West Indies.
Halieutichthys intermedius H. C. Ho, Chakrabarty & Sparks, 2010[2]Louisiana pancake batfishGulf of Mexico
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References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Halieutichthys in FishBase. April 2012 version.
  2. Ho, H. C.; Chakrabarty, P.; Sparks, J. S. (2010). "Review of the Halieutichthys aculeatus species complex (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae), with descriptions of two new species". Journal of Fish Biology. 77 (4): 841–869. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02716.x. PMID 20840615.


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