Halieutaea stellata (Vahl, 1797)

Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil & Tudu, Prasad Chandra, 2017, An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1), pp. 4-4 : 4-

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10913833
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B20633-FF8C-FFC0-FF5C-EA80FD4A8081
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scientific name	Halieutaea stellata (Vahl, 1797)
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9. Halieutaea stellata (Vahl, 1797) View in CoL

Starry handfish (Figure 10)

Material examined: 1 ex.; 22.07.11; Mohana, Reg. No. MARC /ZSI/F3723 .

Description: Body very much depressed and flattened very much. Heads bordered and more strongly depressed. Gill opening around pectoral fin base. Body with well developed tuber like scales.

Distribution: Widespread in the western Pacific off Japan, Taiwan, South China Sea, the Philippines, Indonesia, New Caledonia, Australia and north New Zealand.

Remarks: The fish is commercial for ornamental.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Actinopterigii
Order	Lophiiformes
Family	Ogcocephalidae
Genus	Halieutaea

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