Halieutaea
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| Halieutaea | |
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| Scarlet seabat (H. coccinea) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Lophiiformes |
| Family: | Ogcocephalidae |
| Genus: | Halieutaea Valenciennes, 1837 |
| Type species | |
| Halieutaea stellata Valenciennes, 1837 | |
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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.
Halieutaea was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1837 by the French zoologist Achille Valenciennes with Halieutaea stellata as its only species.[1] H. stellata had been described in 1797 as Lophius stellatus by the Norwegian biologist Martin Vahl with its type locality given as China.[2] This genus is the sister group to the other two clades in the Family Ogcocephalidae.[3] 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.[4]
Etymology
Species
Halieutaea contains the following valid species:[6][2]
- Halieutaea brevicauda Ogilby, 1910 (Spiny seabat)
- Halieutaea coccinea Alcock, 1889 (Scarlet seabat)
- Halieutaea dromedaria Prokofiev, 2019
- Halieutaea fitzsimonsi (Gilchrist & W. W. Thompson, 1916) (Circular seabat)
- Halieutaea fumosa Alcock, 1894 (Smoky seabat)
- Halieutaea hancocki Regan, 1908 (Hairy seabat)
- Halieutaea indica Annandale & J. T. Jenkins, 1910 (Indian handfish)
- Halieutaea liogaster Regan, 1921 (African circular seabat)
- Halieutaea nigra Alcock, 1891 (Black seabat)
- Halieutaea retifera Gilbert, 1905 (Reticulate batfish)
- Halieutaea stellata (Vahl, 1797) (Starry seabat)
- Halieutaea xenoderma Prokofiev, 2020
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.[7]