Murray's deepsea batfish
📖 Overview
Murray's deepsea batfish (Halieutopsis murrayi) is a ray-finned fish of the family Ogcocephalidae. It inhabits marine (saltwater) waters in deep-water environments. This species can reach a maximum total length of 4.9 cm. With a trophic level of 3.2, it is a low-level carnivore, feeding on invertebrates and small organisms.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
This species is distinguished by the following characters: body uniformly black; principal tubercles on rostrum are trifid; subopercular tubercle elongated and divided into four spinelets distally; tubercles on dorsal and ventral surfaces and tail are all simple, rather apart from each other with naked skin in between; tubercles on disk margin somewhat depressed, bifurcate at the tip; tubercles on dorsal surface with 5-8 facets; dorsal lobe of esca with two pairs of cirri; head narrow, 26.9% SL; interorbital space also narrow, 8.2% SL; illicial cavity narrow, 7.0% SL; all fins are relatively long (dorsal-fin length 19.1% SL, pectoral-fin length 31.6% SL, anal-fin length 19.7% SL, caudal-fin length 31.0% SL) .Cross section: flattened.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Murray's deepsea batfish is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range ? - 1270 m . Deep-water West Indian Ocean: Yemen.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🔍 Similar Species
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