Okamura's deepsea batfish

Halieutopsis okamurai

Tropical
Northern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
East Asia
Small
Tropical fish

Halieutopsis okamurai, Okamura's deepsea batfish, is a little known species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Ogcocephalidae, the deep sea batfishes. This species is found in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, and is known only from a single specimen collected between the Ogasawara Islands and Izu islands in 1968.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Anglerfishes
Family: Ogcocephalidae
Genus: Halieutopsis
Maximum length: 6.5 cm
Water: Marine
Distribution: Northwest Pacific, Japan.

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