Halicmetus
Sign in to saveHalicmetus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Ogcocephalidae, the deep sea batfishes. The fishes in this genus are widely distributed in the Indian and Western Pacific Oceans.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- OrderLophiiformes
- FamilyOgcocephalidae
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Groupactinopterygii
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Halicmetus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Ogcocephalidae, the deep sea batfishes. The fishes in this genus are widely distributed in the Indian and Western Pacific Oceans.
==Taxonomy== Halicmetus was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1891 by the British physician and zoologist Alfred William Alcock when he described Halicmetus ruber. The type locality of H. ruber was given as the Andaman Sea at 11°31'40"N, 92°46'06"E at a depth of , the Investigator station 115. This genus is classified within the "Indo-Pacific clade" of the family Ogcocephalidae. The family Ogcocephalidae is classified in the monotypic suborder Ogcocephaloidei within the order Lophiiformes, the anglerfishes in the 5th edition of Fishes of the World.