Halieutaea stellata Vahl 1797

Halieutaea stellata (Vahl, 1797) Minipizza batfish, round batfish Fig. 7 Lophius stellatus Vahl, 1797: 214, Pl. 3, Figs. 3–4 (No types known; type locality: China). Halieutaea maoria Powell, 1937: 81, Fig. 2. (Holotype: AIM Ps. 427.1 [now AIM 435]; type locality: off White Island, Bay of Plenty, NZ,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ho, Hsuan-Ching, Roberts, Clive D., Shao, Kwang-Tsao
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: 2013
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Lophiiformes
Ogcocephalidae
Halieutaea
Halieutaea stellata
New Zealand
Island Bay
White Island
Bay of Plenty
Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/6158961
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6158961
Description
Summary:Halieutaea stellata (Vahl, 1797) Minipizza batfish, round batfish Fig. 7 Lophius stellatus Vahl, 1797: 214, Pl. 3, Figs. 3–4 (No types known; type locality: China). Halieutaea maoria Powell, 1937: 81, Fig. 2. (Holotype: AIM Ps. 427.1 [now AIM 435]; type locality: off White Island, Bay of Plenty, NZ, depth 55–73 m). Whitley, 1956: 413; Whitley, 1968: 89; Ayling & Cox, 1982: 157; Paulin & Stewart, 1985: 27; Paulin et al., 1989: 256; Paulin et al., 1989: 136; Lindberg et al., 1997: 236 as maoriae; Roberts et al., 2009: 532 Material examined. AIM 435, holotype of Halieutaea maoria Powell, 1937, Off White Island, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, depth 30–40 fathoms [54.9–73.2 m]. NMNZ P.005880 (1, 230), 37 ºS, 176 ºE, between Alderman Islands and Slipper Island, South Auckland, 110–128 m, 25 Apr. 1972, coll. C. Hart. NMNZ P.005983 (1, 180), 37 º 35 'S, 176 º 50 'E, between Plate Island and White Island, South Auckland, 128–229 m, May 1974, coll. F. V. Normandy. NMNZ P. 031982 (1, 199), 37 º 35 'S, 176 º 41 'E, Motiti Ledge, Bay of Plenty, South Auckland, 238 m, May 1995, coll. S. Stevenson. NMNZ P.036918 (1, 220), 36 º 58 'S, 176 º 5 'E, off Alderman Islands, western Bay of Plenty, South Auckland, 165 m, Apr 1999, coll. C. Keith. NMNZ P.038477 (1, 174), 35 º 19.1333 'S, 175 º 26.2833 'E, SE of the Poor Knights Islands, North Auckland, 13 Jun. 2002, coll. T. Boyd. NMNZ P.038481 (1, 198), 37 º 2 'S, 176 º 5 'E, between Penguin Shoal and Putney Rocks, Bay of Plenty, South Auckland, 80 m, Aug. 2002, coll. N. Gwillam. NMNZ P. 041210 (1, 163), 37 ºS, 176 º 39.60 'E, 30 miles NE off Mayor Island, Bay of Plenty, 450 m, 17 Dec. 2004, coll. R. McDonald. Outside EEZ of NZ: NMNZ P. 040678 (1, 146), 28 º 32.2 'S, 172 º 57.55 'E, northern Three Kings Ridge, 390 m, 20 Jan. 2003, coll. F. V. Clarabelle, S. Beatson. Diagnosis. Body dicc rounded, slightly wider than long; strongly pointed tubercles on dorsal surface and body margins; interspaces of entire body covered by tine spinules; body reddish with short vermiculate pattern on ...

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