Halieutopsis simula

Hamieutopsis simula has the head and body shaped like a box-like disc which is not highly flattened. The eye s are directed to the side rather than upwards. The illicial cavity has a ventrally pointing triangular opening which is visible only when viewed from below. The esca has a mass of filaments. There are no tubercles on the lower body and the remainder of the body has simple tubercles apart from the rostrum which has small three pointed tubercle on it, the two pointed tubercles on the edge of the disc and the small three pointed tubercles of the subopercle. This species has a maximum published standard length of 6.5 cm (2.6 in).

Hamieutopsis simula is found in the Eastern Indian Ocean and Western Pacific Ocean and has been recorded off Western Australia, Indonesia, the Philippines and Taiwan. It has been found at depths between 430 and 612 m (1,411 and 2,008 ft).

== References ==

Hamieutopsis sumula has the genus name Halieutopsis which suffixes opsis, meaning "looking like" to halieut which is derived from halieutaea, Greek for an "angler" or "fisherman". This name is a reference to this genus' resemblance to the genus Halieutaea. The specific name simula is a diminutive of simus which means "snub-nosed", a reference to the small rostrum of this species.