Species that contain: Halieutaea and stellata [ 5 ] records

maoria, Halieutaea Powell [A. W. B.] 1937:81, Fig. 2 [Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand v. 67 (pt 1); ref. 17168] Off White Island, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, depth ?30-40 fathoms. Holotype (unique): AIM Ps.427.1 now MA 435. Misspelled maorias and maoris in Eschmeyer 1998:1013 [ref. 23416]. Trnski personal communication (12/1/2017) on type status. •In Halieutaea -- (Bradbury 1967:413 [ref. 23209]). •Valid as Halieutaea maoria Powell 1937 -- (Paulin et al. 1989:136 [ref. 24556]). •Synonym of Halieutaea stellata (Vahl 1797) -- (Lindberg et al. 1997:236 [ref. 23547] as maoriae, Bradbury 2003:6 [ref. 27309], Ho & Shao 2008:300 [ref. 30133]). Current status: Synonym of Halieutaea stellata (Vahl 1797). Ogcocephalidae. Habitat: marine.

muricatus, Lophius Shaw [G.] 1804:382, Pl. 162 [General zoology or systematic natural history; ref. 4015] No locality. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-4542. Based on Lophie faujas of Lacepède 1798; see account of faujas. Not treated as valid after 1900. •Synonym of Halieutaea stellata (Vahl 1797) -- (Lindberg et al. 1997:236 [ref. 23547], Bradbury 2003:6 [ref. 27309]). •Synonym of Halieutaea indica Annandale & Jenkins 1910 -- (Ho & Shao 2008:299 [ref. 30133], Golani et al. 2022:102 [ref. 39213]). Current status: Synonym of Halieutaea indica Annandale & Jenkins 1910. Ogcocephalidae. Habitat: marine.

stellatus, Astrocanthus Swainson [W.] 1839:331, Fig. 108 [The natural history and classification v. 2; ref. 4303] No locality. No types known. Based on Lac. i. pl. xi. figs. 2,3 -- which is the vernacular faujas of Lacepède 1798:Pl. 11 (figs. 2-3) [ref. 2708]. Preoccupied by Lophius stellatus Vahl 1797 when both are in Halieutaea. •Synonym of Halieutaea stellata (Vahl 1797) -- (based on placement of faujas by Lindberg et al. 1997:236 [ref. 23547]). •Synonym of Halieutaea stellata (Vahl 1797) -- (Bradbury 2003:6 [ref. 27309]). •Synonym of Halieutaea indica Annandale & Jenkins 1910 -- (Golani et al. 2022:102 [ref. 39213]). 2°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Halieutaea indica Annandale & Jenkins 1910. Ogcocephalidae. Habitat: marine.

stellatus, Lophius Vahl [M.] 1797:214, Pl. 3 (figs. 3-4) [Skrivter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet Kiøbenhavn v. 4; ref. 17847] China. No types known. •Valid as Halieutaea stellata (Vahl 1797) -- (Herrera 1896:73 [ref. 39336], Kailola 1971:131 [ref. 39475], Kyushin et al. 1982:312 [ref. 19754], Mochizuki in Masuda et al. 1984:105 [ref. 6441], Yamakawa in Okamura & Kitajima 1984:281, 381 [ref. 8057], Paxton et al. 1989:285 [ref. 12442], Chen et al. 1997:188 [ref. 26476] dated 1798, Cheng & Zhou 1997:498 [ref. 26385] dated 1798, Lindberg et al. 1997:236 [ref. 23547], Bradbury 1999:2025 [ref. 24767], Mishra et al. 1999:84 [ref. 25315], Nakabo 2000:465 [ref. 25086], Bradbury in Randall & Lim 2000:597 [ref. 25122], Youn et al. 2000:257 [ref. 25179], Hutchins 2001:22 [ref. 25847], Shinohara et al. 2001:310 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:465 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:214, 542 [ref. 26218], Bradbury 2003:6 [ref. 27309], Shinohara et al. 2005:419 [ref. 28370], Paxton et al. 2006:654 [ref. 28995], Ho & Shao 2008:300 [ref. 30133], Fricke et al. 2011:368 [ref. 31242], Shinohara et al. 2011:41 [ref. 31715], Ho et al. 2013:196 [ref. 32518], Larson et al. 2013:55 [ref. 32988], Shinohara et al. 2014:243 [ref. 33330], 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 2019:627 [ref. 37246], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 30 [ref. 38321], Kim et al. 2020:75 [ref. 39118], Prokofiev 2020:334 [ref. 37735], Sonoyama et al. 2020:33 [ref. 37637]). Current status: Valid as Halieutaea stellata (Vahl 1797). Ogcocephalidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: India and Bangladesh east to Philippines and New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), north to Sea of Japan (Korea and Japan), south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

vittata, Halieutaea stellata var. Weber [M.] 1913:566 [Die Fische der Siboga-Expedition; ref. 4602] Bali Sea; New Guinea; North of Sumbawa Island, Indonesia, Siboga station 15, 167, and 312; depth 95-274 meters. Syntypes: ZMA 102166 (1), 102172 (5), 112979 (1). Type catalog: Nijssen et al. 1982:65 [ref. 19236]. •Synonym of Halieutaea stellata (Vahl 1797) -- (Lindberg et al. 1997:236 [ref. 23547], Bradbury 2003:6 [ref. 27309]). •Synonym of Halieutaea fumosa Alcock 1894 -- (Ho & Shao 2008:296 [ref. 30133]). Current status: Synonym of Halieutaea fumosa Alcock 1894. Ogcocephalidae. Habitat: marine.