Biology:Halieutichthys
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| Halieutichthys | |
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| Pancake batfish (H. aculeatus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Lophiiformes |
| Family: | Ogcocephalidae |
| Genus: | Halieutichthys Poey, 1863 |
Halieutichthys is a fish genus in the family Ogcocephalidae.
Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[1]
| Image | Name | Common name | Distribution |
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Halieutichthys aculeatus Mitchill, 1818[2] | Pancake batfish | western 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, 1896 | Western central Atlantic: Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. | ||
| Halieutichthys intermedius H. C. Ho, Chakrabarty & Sparks, 2010[2] | Louisiana pancake batfish | Gulf of Mexico |
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Halieutichthys in FishBase. April 2012 version.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q850358 entry
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