Halieutichthys | |
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Pancake batfish (H. aculeatus) | |
Scientific classification | |
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]
- Halieutichthys aculeatus Mitchill, 1818[2] (Pancake batfish)
- Halieutichthys bispinosus H. C. Ho, Chakrabarty & Sparks, 2010[2]
- Halieutichthys caribbaeus Garman, 1896
- Halieutichthys intermedius H. C. Ho, Chakrabarty & Sparks, 2010[2] (Louisiana pancake batfish)
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Halieutichthys in FishBase. April 2012 version.
- ^ a b c 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.