Review of the batfish genus Halicmetus Alcock, 1891 from Australian waters, with descriptions of two new species (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae) Author Ho, Hsuan-Ching Author Last, Peter R. text Zootaxa 2018 2018-10-31 4508 2 179 196 journal article 28052 10.11646/zootaxa.4508.2.2 cf4afb1e-da33-46d0-a3de-3e5092b4de01 1175-5326 2606976 28A35297-48D9-4CEE-97A7-B294C2D271E5 Halicmetus niger Ho, Endo & Sakamaki, 2008 Vernacular name: Black Shortnose Seabst Figure 7 Halicmetus nigra Ho, Endo & Sakamaki, 2008 :768 , figs. 1, 4A, 5A ( type locality: Central Tosa Bay, off Kochi , Shikoku Island, Japan , depth ~ 500 m ). Halicmetus niger : Ho & Shao, 2011 :37 (name emmendation). Material examined. 10 specimens , 46.7–87.2 mm SL. AMS I.29756007 (1, 87.2, paratype ), FRV Kapala sta. K 89-15-04 , eastern Broken Bay , bottom trawl, 33°38’S , 152°0’E , 677–750 m , 4 Aug. 1989 ; AMS I.30304003 (2, 53.9–60.6, paratypes ), FRV Kapala sta. K 89-17-09 , eastern Cape Hawke , 32°13’S , 153°6’E , 820–857 m , 17 Aug. 1989 . AMS I.20920019 (6, 46.7–58.9, paratypes ), 6–17.6 km NE of Raine I., 11°32’S , 144°10’E , 1 prawn trawl, 1000 m , 12 Feb. 1979 . CSIRO H.4070-48 (1, 74.7), NNW of Port Hedland , 18°12’S , 118°14’E , 269 m , 8 Sep. 1995 . Diagnosis. A species of Halicmetus distinguished by the following combination of characters: disk moderately broad, 62–71% SL; orbit very large, 78.9–11.6% SL; interorbit broad, 6.1–8.1% SL; illicial trough opening low; mid-dorsal disk covered with mixed simple and multicuspid spinules; tiny bucklers evenly distributed on dorsal surface, imperceptible without magnification; belly covered with closely spaced, simple spinules and slightly larger, scattered multicuspid tubercles; dorsal-fin rays absent; pectoral-fin rays 12–15 (modally 13–14); uniformly black dorsally, paler grayish ventrally; peritoneal membrane with dense coverage of melanophores; fins dark banded or black. Remarks. The diagnosis given above is consistent with the description of this species provided by Ho et al. (2008) . The name is apparently an adjective and should be spelled niger when in Halicmetus .