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Black Batfish

Halicmetus niger

Classification

Halicmetus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Ogcocephalidae, the deep sea batfishes. The fishes in this genus are widely distributed in the Indian and Western Pacific Oceans. Taxonomy Halicmetus was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1891 by the British physician and zoologist Alfred William Alcock when he described Halicmetus ruber.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 1