Australia country information

Common names: Batfish, Deep sea bat, Deepsea batfish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality 36 miles south, 12° W from Cape Moreton, Queensland (Ref. 50473). Known off Raine Is., Qld. to off Bay of Fires, Tasmania and off Dirk Hartog Is. to off Vlaming Head, W.A. (Ref. 7300).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.csiro.au/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: May, J.L. and J.G.H. Maxwell, 1986
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Shortfin seabat, 短尾棘茄鱼, Batfish, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Lophiiformes (Anglerfishes) > Ogcocephalidae (Batfishes)
Etymology: Halieutaea: Greek, halieutis = fisher (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Ogilby.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 90 - 250 m (Ref. 9563). Subtropical

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Halieutaea brevicauda Ogilby, 1910

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology