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WoRMS taxon details

Halicmetus Alcock, 1891

AphiaID

269307 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:269307)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Ogcocephalidae Gill, 1893

Orig. name

Halicmetus Alcock, 1891

Synonymised names

Halicmetes · unaccepted (misspelling)

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Species Halicmetus drypus Ho & Last, 2018
Species Halicmetus marmoratus Weber, 1913
Species Halicmetus niger Ho, Endo & Sakamaki, 2008
Species Halicmetus odysseus Prokofiev, 2020
Species Halicmetus reticulatus Smith & Radcliffe, 1912
Species Halicmetus ruber Alcock, 1891
Species Halicmetus westraliensis Ho & Last, 2018
Species Halicmetus nigra Ho, Endo & Sakamaki, 2008 accepted as Halicmetus niger Ho, Endo & Sakamaki, 2008 (misspelling)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Wood-Mason, J.; Alcock, A. (1891). Natural history notes from H.M. Indian marine survey steamer 'Investigator', Commander R.F. Hoskyn, R.N., commanding. Series II, No. 1. On the results of deep-sea dredging during the season 1890-1891 Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. VIII, Sixth series(XLIII): 16-34, plates VII-VIII (look up in IMIS) [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Halicmetus Alcock, 1891. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=269307 on 2024-05-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-15 10:18:16Z

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Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

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Bailly, Nicolas

2018-10-31 14:10:20Z

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Bailly, Nicolas

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original description Wood-Mason, J.; Alcock, A. (1891). Natural history notes from H.M. Indian marine survey steamer 'Investigator', Commander R.F. Hoskyn, R.N., commanding. Series II, No. 1. On the results of deep-sea dredging during the season 1890-1891 Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. VIII, Sixth series(XLIII): 16-34, plates VII-VIII (look up in IMIS) [details]

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]