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.