Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 4 - 5. This species is distinguished by having a rounded body disc which is slightly wider than long; strongly pointed tubercles on dorsal surface and body margins; interspaces of entire body covered with tiny spinules; reddish body with short vermiculate pattern on dorsal surface (Ref. 92977).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Lophiiformes

Family: Ogcocephalidae

Genus: Halieutaea

Species: Halieutaea stellata (Vahl, 1797)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Found in the shelf and shelf edge (Ref. 11230). Used in Chinese medicine (Ref. 12166).

Habitat

demersal