Records of Halieutichthys aculeatus complex (Ogcocephalidae, Lophiiformes)

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Description

The Halieutichthys aculeatus species complex is reviewed. Members of this clade are distinguished by the presence of tubercles on the tail and a reticulate dorsal pigmentation pattern. Three species are recognized, including two species new to science. A neotype is chosen for H. aculeatus. Halieutichthys bispinosus n. sp. is characterized by having relatively strong tubercles on the dorsal surface, a row of tubercles almost always present dorsal to the orbit, both sphenotic tubercles well developed and sharp, trifid principal tubercles on the disk margin with anterior spinelet enlarged, dense arrangement of tubercles on the tail and a comparatively large adult body size. Halieutichthys intermedius n. sp. can be distinguished from congeners by having both sphenotic tubercles strongly reduced, the tubercles almost always absent dorsal to the orbit, principal tubercles on the disk margin uniformly short and blunt tubercles, with all spinelets generally reduced.

Data Records

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Occurrence (core)
591
ExtendedMeasurementOrFact 
264

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Ho H (2022): Records of Halieutichthys aculeatus complex (Ogcocephalidae, Lophiiformes). v1.12. Ministry of Science and Techonology. Dataset/Occurrence. https://ipt.taibif.tw/resource?r=102-2621-b-291-002-102wbe1100014&v=1.12

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Keywords

Occurrence; Biogeography; Museum collection; Occurrence

Contacts

Hsuan-ching Ho
  • Author
  • Originator
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Associate Researcher
National Museum of Marine Biology & Aquarium
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94450 Pingtung
TW
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Geographic Coverage

The geographic range where all specimens were sampled are mainly from Gulf of Mexico and western coast of US, western central Atlantic Ocean, with one except of a juvenile specimen collected from Caribbean Sea.

Bounding Coordinates South West [10.833, -98.965], North East [44.965, -57.656]

Taxonomic Coverage

No Description available

Family Ogcocephalidae (Batfishes)

Project Data

No Description available

Title 世界棘茄魚科之系統分類及分子演化研究(II)
Identifier 102-2621-B-291-002-102WBE1100014
Funding Ministry of Science and Technology

The personnel involved in the project:

Ho Hsuan-ching
  • Author

Collection Data

Collection Name California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco
Collection Identifier http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/collection/index.asp
Parent Collection Identifier Not applicable
Collection Name American Museum of Natural History, New York
Collection Identifier http://sci-web-001.amnh.org/db/emuwebamnh/Query.php
Parent Collection Identifier Not applicable
Collection Name Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago
Collection Identifier https://collections-zoology.fieldmuseum.org/
Parent Collection Identifier Not applicable
Collection Name Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge
Collection Identifier https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/SpecimenSearch.cfm
Parent Collection Identifier Not applicable
Collection Name Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History, Washington D.C.
Collection Identifier https://collections.nmnh.si.edu/search/fishes/
Parent Collection Identifier Not applicable
Collection Name University of Florida, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville
Collection Identifier https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/fish/
Parent Collection Identifier Not applicable
Collection Name Louisiana Museum of Natural History, Baton Rouge
Collection Identifier https://www.lsu.edu/mns/collections/ichthyology.php
Parent Collection Identifier Not applicable
Specimen preservation methods Alcohol

Bibliographic Citations

  1. H.-C. Ho, P. Chakrabarty, J. S. Sparks. Review of the Halieutichthys aculeatus species complex (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae), with descriptions of two new species. Journal of Fish Biology 77(2010)841-869. 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02716.x

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Maintenance Description The data was published formally.
Alternative Identifiers 5bdda925-9237-40ef-ab40-a39a226352e4
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