The starry handfish (Halieutaea stellata), or minipizza batfish, is species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Ogcocephalidae, the deep-sea batfishes or seabats. This fish is found on the continental shelves of the Indo-Pacific oceans at depths of between 50 and 400 m. They are up to 30 cm long.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Lophiiformes |
| Family: | Ogcocephalidae |
| Genus: | Halieutaea |
| Species: | H. stellata
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| Halieutaea stellata (Vahl, 1797)
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Taxonomy edit
The starry batfish was first formally described as Lophius stellatus in 1797 by the Norwegian zoologist Martin Vahl with its type locality given as China.[3] In 1827 Achille Valenciennes classified L. stellatus in the new monospecific genus Halieutaea, although he did not name its author.[4] The genus Halieutaea is the sister group to the other two clades, the Indo-Pacific clade and the Eastern Pacific and Western Atlantic clade, of the family Ogcocephalidae.[5] 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.[6]
References edit
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2024). "Halieutaea stellata" in FishBase. February 2024 version.
- ^ Ho, H. (2020). "Halieutaea stellata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T140331376A140859602. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T140331376A140859602.en. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Halieutaea". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Ogcocephalidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ Valerie Derouen; William B. Ludt; Hsuan-Ching Ho; Prosanta Chakrabarty (2015). "Examining evolutionary relationships and shifts in depth preferences in batfishes (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 84: 27–33. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.12.011.
- ^ Nelson, J.S.; Grande, T.C.; Wilson, M.V.H. (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. pp. 508–518. doi:10.1002/9781119174844. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6. LCCN 2015037522. OCLC 951899884. OL 25909650M.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
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Halieutaea stellata by Kawahara Keiga, around 1825. -
Takeshima Aquarium, Aichi pref. Japan, 2015
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