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Teleostei (teleosts) > Lophiiformes (Anglerfishes) > Ogcocephalidae (Batfishes)
Etymology: More on author: Alcock.

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Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 344 - 549 m (Ref. 26165). Deep-water

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Indo-Pacific: Arabian and Andaman seas, Bay of Bengal, Japan, and the Philippines.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 559)

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This species is without a distinct pattern on the body, but with an intensely pigmented region of nostrils and distal ends of the fins in preserved specimens, with a pigmented peritoneum; well-developed bucklers on the dorsal and ventral surfaces of the disc, forming an M-shaped row on the dorsal surface, not homogeneous in size on the ventral one, larger in front of the bases of V; high pointed tops of bucklers along the edge of the disc and in the caudal region; acicular spines with wide bases and 1-2 tops (as an exception, 3); a bisinuate upper edge of the illicial cavity, clearly protruding forward in lateral view; a long subopercular spine directed laterally and distinctly backward; long (47.0-50.9% SL) caudal section of the body; moderately large eye (7.6-8.5% SL), and a narrow interorbital gap (4.9-5.7% SL); D no rays (Ref. 123832).

Minimum depth from Ref. 58018.

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Prokofiev, A.M., 2020. A new species of batfish of the genus Halicmetus from Vietnam and new norphological data for H. ruber (Ogcocephalidae). J. Ichthyol. 60(6):828-838. (Ref. 123832)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 13 August 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: of no interest

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 6.4 - 13.7, mean 10.2 °C (based on 182 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.6250 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01479 (0.00517 - 0.04233), b=2.93 (2.69 - 3.18), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.3 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Halicmetus ruber Alcock, 1891