Halicmetus niger Ho, Endo & Sakamaki, 2008

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 4508 (2), pp. 179-196 : 194

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4508.2.2

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:28A35297-48D9-4CEE-97A7-B294C2D271E5

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5296346

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9309EE74-C573-6F41-FF10-FEA8B8F3772A

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Halicmetus niger Ho, Endo & Sakamaki, 2008
status

 

Halicmetus niger Ho, Endo & Sakamaki, 2008 View in CoL

Vernacular name: Black Shortnose Seabst

Figure 7 View FIGURE 7

Halicmetus nigra Ho, Endo & Sakamaki, 2008:768 View in CoL , figs. 1, 4A, 5A (type locality: Central Tosa Bay, off Kochi, Shikoku Island, Japan, depth ~ 500 m). Halicmetus niger: Ho & Shao, 2011:37 View in CoL View Cited Treatment (name emmendation).

Material examined. 10 specimens, 46.7–87.2 mm SL. AMS I.29756007 (1, 87.2, paratype), FRV Kapala sta. K 89-15-04 , eastern Broken Bay , bottom trawl, 33°38’S, 152°0’E, 677–750 m, 4 Aug. 1989 GoogleMaps ; AMS I.30304003 (2, 53.9–60.6, paratypes), FRV Kapala sta. K 89-17-09 , eastern Cape Hawke , 32°13’S, 153°6’E, 820–857 m, 17 Aug. 1989 GoogleMaps . AMS I.20920019 (6, 46.7–58.9, paratypes), 6–17.6 km NE of Raine I., 11°32’S, 144°10’E, 1 prawn trawl, 1000 m, 12 Feb. 1979 GoogleMaps . CSIRO H.4070-48 (1, 74.7), NNW of Port Hedland , 18°12’S, 118°14’E, 269 m, 8 Sep. 1995 GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis. A species of Halicmetus distinguished by the following combination of characters: disk moderately broad, 62–71% SL; orbit very large, 78.9–11.6% SL; interorbit broad, 6.1–8.1% SL; illicial trough opening low; mid-dorsal disk covered with mixed simple and multicuspid spinules; tiny bucklers evenly distributed on dorsal surface, imperceptible without magnification; belly covered with closely spaced, simple spinules and slightly larger, scattered multicuspid tubercles; dorsal-fin rays absent; pectoral-fin rays 12–15 (modally 13–14); uniformly black dorsally, paler grayish ventrally; peritoneal membrane with dense coverage of melanophores; fins dark banded or black.

Remarks. The diagnosis given above is consistent with the description of this species provided by Ho et al. (2008). The name is apparently an adjective and should be spelled niger when in Halicmetus .

CSIRO

Australian National Fish Collection

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Lophiiformes

Family

Ogcocephalidae

Genus

Halicmetus

Loc

Halicmetus niger Ho, Endo & Sakamaki, 2008

Ho, Hsuan-Ching & Last, Peter R. 2018
2018
Loc

Halicmetus nigra

Ho, H. - C. & Shao, K. - T. 2011: 37
Ho, H. - C. & Endo, H. & Sakamaki, K. 2008: 768
2008
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