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Issue: Vol. 4508 No. 2: 31 Oct. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-10-31
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4508.2.2
Page range: 179–196
Abstract views: 91
PDF downloaded: 48

Review of the batfish genus Halicmetus Alcock, 1891 from Australian waters, with descriptions of two new species (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae)

National Museum of Marine Biology & Aquarium, Pingtung, 944, Taiwan Institute of Marine Biology, National Dong Hwa University, Pingtung, 944, Taiwan
CSIRO National Research Collections Australia, Australian National Fish Collection, Castray Esplanade, Hobart, TAS, 7001, Australia.
Pisces taxonomy review Halicmetus new species Australia

Abstract

A taxonomic review of species of the Indo–Pacific batfish genus Halicmetus occurring in the Australian Exclusive Economic Zone is provided. Treatments of six species in the region, including diagnoses of the widespread Halicmetus niger Ho, Endo & Sakamaki, 2008, H. reticulatus Smith & Radcliffe, 1912 and H. ruber Alcock 1891, a reclassification of the poorly known H. marmoratus Weber, 1913, and descriptions of two new species, H. westraliensis n. sp. (an Australian endemic) and H. drypus n. sp. (from the northern sector of the Australian Exclusive Economic Zone off Norfolk Island). The Australian species can be distinguished from each other and regional congeners by a combination of morphometrics, meristics and colouration. A key is provided for all known species of the genus.

 

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