Halieutaea Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:455 Fem. Halieutaea stellata Valenciennes 1837 (= Lophius stellatus Vahl 1797). Type by monotypy. Spelled Halieutea in early literature. Many species in this genus are poorly understood; genus greatly in need of revision according to Bradbury 2003:5 [ref. 27309]. •Valid as Halieutaea Valenciennes 1837 -- (Bradbury 1967:412 [ref. 23209], Mochizuki in Masuda et al. 1984:105 [ref. 6441], Bradbury 1986:371 [ref. 6291], Paxton et al. 1989:285 [ref. 12442], Lindberg et al. 1997:233 [ref. 23547], Bradbury 1999:2024 [ref. 24767], Bradbury 2003:5 [ref. 27309], Paxton et al. 2006:653 [ref. 28995], Ho & Shao 2008:296 [ref. 30133], Shinohara et al. 2011:41 [ref. 31715], Ho 2015:898 [ref. 34268], Motomura et al. 2017:56 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:90 [ref. 35805], Fricke et al. 2019:73 [ref. 36673], Prokofiev 2019:623 [ref. 37246], Prokofiev 2020:331 [ref. 37735]). Current status: Valid as Halieutaea Valenciennes 1837. Ogcocephalidae.