stellifer, Dibranchus Smith [H. M.] & Radcliffe [L.] in Radcliffe 1912:210, Pls. 22 (fig. 2), 23 (fig. 2) [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 42 (no. 1896); ref. 3577] Flores Sea off Sulawesi, Indonesia, 5°36'30"S, 120°49'00"E, Albatross station 5660, depth 692 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 70273. •Valid as Halieutopsis stellifera (Smith & Radcliffe 1912) -- (Bradbury 1967:412 [ref. 23209], Okamura et al. 1987:201 [ref. 6850], Bradbury 1988:11 [ref. 6428], Lindberg et al. 1997:232 [ref. 23547], Bradbury 1999:2025 [ref. 24767], Nakabo 2000:464 [ref. 25086], Bradbury in Randall & Lim 2000:598 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2002:464 [ref. 26001], Bradbury 2003:7 [ref. 27309], Shinohara et al. 2005:420 [ref. 28370], Ho & Shao 2007:90 [ref. 29011], Fricke et al. 2011:368 [ref. 31242], Fricke et al. 2018:91 [ref. 35805], Ho 2021:54 [ref. 38926]). Current status: Valid as Halieutopsis stellifera (Smith & Radcliffe 1912). Ogcocephalidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Madagascar, Indonesia, Australia, the Philippines, north to southern Japan, south to Solomon Islands, New Caledonia and Vanuatu. Habitat: marine.
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