Halicmetus Alcock [A. W.] 1891:27 Masc. Halicmetus ruber Alcock 1891. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Halicmetus Alcock 1891 -- (Bradbury 1967:415 [ref. 23209], Mochizuki in Masuda et al. 1984:104 [ref. 6441] but as Halicmetes, Lindberg et al. 1997:232 [ref. 23547], Bradbury 1999:2025 [ref. 24767], Bradbury 2003:4 [ref. 27309], Paxton et al. 2006:653 [ref. 28995], Ho & Shao 2008:301 [ref. 30133], Ho & Last 2018:180 [ref. 36258], Prokofiev 2020:828 [ref. 38047], Ho 2022:177 [ref. 39273]). Current status: Valid as Halicmetus Alcock 1891. Ogcocephalidae.