Halicmetus Ruber

📖 Overview

Overview information for Halicmetus Ruber is currently being compiled by our editorial team.

🔬 Taxonomy

🐟 Physical Description

This species is without a distinct pattern on the body, but with an intensely pigmented region of nostrils and distal ends of the fins in preserved specimens, with a pigmented peritoneum; well-developed bucklers on the dorsal and ventral surfaces of the disc, forming an M-shaped row on the dorsal surface, not homogeneous in size on the ventral one, larger in front of the bases of V; high pointed tops of bucklers along the edge of the disc and in the caudal region; acicular spines with wide bases and 1-2 tops (as an exception, 3); a bisinuate upper edge of the illicial cavity, clearly protruding forward in lateral view; a long subopercular spine directed laterally and distinctly backward; long (47.0-50.9% SL) caudal section of the body; moderately large eye (7.6-8.5% SL), and a narrow interorbital gap (4.9-5.7% SL); D no rays .Cross section: flattened.

🌀 Behaviour

Behavioural data for Halicmetus Ruber is currently being reviewed.

🦐 Diet

Diet information for Halicmetus Ruber is currently being compiled.

🥚 Reproduction

Reproduction data for Halicmetus Ruber is currently being compiled.

🌍 Habitat & Distribution

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 344 - 549 m . Deep-water

🌿 Ecology

📐 Morphometrics

🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance

🛡️ Conservation Assessment

📊 Population Risk & Fisheries

🐠 Related Species

🔍 Similar Species

🗺️ Global Occurrence Map

Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 2 records indexed .

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