Halieutaea stellata Vahl 1797

• Main Authors: Ho, Hsuan-Ching, Roberts, Clive D., Shao, Kwang-Tsao
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2013
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Actinopterygii; Lophiiformes; Ogcocephalidae; Halieutaea; Halieutaea stellata; White Island
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6158961; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/E1568786FFB0FFDEFF3D6400A6ACFF79

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), 37ºS, 176ºE, between Alderman Islands and Slipper Island, South Auckland, 110–128 m, 25 Apr. 1972, coll. C. Hart. NMNZ P.005983 (1, 180), 37º35'S, 176º50'E, between Plate Island and White Island, South Auckland, 128–229 m, May 1974, coll. F. V. Normandy . NMNZ P. 031982 (1, 199), 37º35'S, 176º41'E, Motiti Ledge, Bay of Plenty, South Auckland, 238 m, May 1995, coll. S. Stevenson. NMNZ P.036918 (1, 220), 36º58'S, 176º5'E, off Alderman Islands, western Bay of Plenty, South Auckland, 165 m, Apr 1999, coll. C. Keith. NMNZ P.038477 (1, 174), 35º19.1333'S, 175º26.2833'E, SE of the Poor Knights Islands, North Auckland, 13 Jun. 2002, coll. T. Boyd. NMNZ P.038481 (1, 198), 37º2'S, 176º5'E, between Penguin Shoal and Putney Rocks, Bay of Plenty, South Auckland, 80 m, Aug. 2002, coll. N. Gwillam. NMNZ P. 041210 (1, 163), 37ºS, 176º39.60'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), 28º32.2'S, 172º57.55'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 dorsal surface. Description. D. ...