Halicmetus
Halicmetus is a fish genus in the family Ogcocephalidae. This genus of ray-finned fish has a uniform gray to black color. Halicmetus have a max length of 8.7 centimeters and live in marine bathydemersal from 280-1000 meters deep and can be found in the Western Pacific: Japan, Taiwan, and eastern Australia.
8 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 8 known species
Halicmetus marmoratus
speciesHalicmetus marmoratus
Marbled Seabat
speciesHalicmetus reticulatus
Black Batfish
speciesHalicmetus niger
Halicmetus ruber
speciesHalicmetus ruber
Halicmetus westraliensis
speciesHalicmetus westraliensis
Halicmetus drypus
speciesHalicmetus drypus
Halicmetus odysseus
speciesHalicmetus odysseus
Halicmetus granulosus
speciesHalicmetus granulosus
Where it lives
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 88701.