Scientific Name	Halicmetus reticulatus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Smith & Radcliffe, 1912	Depth	290 - 610M
Chinese	網紋牙棘茄魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	蝙蝠魚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F233　Ogcocephalidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	網紋牙棘茄魚
Max Length	9 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	棘茄魚
Distribution in World	Australia	Distribution in Taiwan	South、North East、Nan Sa IS.
Habitats	Deep Sea、Benthos	Holotype Locality	Off Sombrero Island, southern Luzon Island, 13°48'45"N, 120°41'51"E, Philippines, Albatross station 5118, depth 159 fathoms
Synonyms
Reference	Lee, 1988. 臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Ho, Endo & Sakamaki, 2007. Ho & Shao, 2008.  Lee, S.-C. 1988 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002 Ho, H.C. etc. 2008
Specimen List	ASIZP0055226. ASIZP0057620. ASIZP0058048. ASIZP0058049. ASIZP0062953. NMMSTP00887. NTUM06502. NTUM06504.
Common Name	Batfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal fin rays 3; anal fin rays 4; pectoral fin rays 12-13; pelvic fin rays 5; caudal fin ray 9. Body strongly depressed; disk subtriangular, wider than long; tail relative long. Snout broad and rounded, without conical rostrum; face flatted and upturn, the mouth visible from dorsal view. Illicial cavity small; esca a small flat lobe, ventral broader than dorsal, with fleshy fringe on dorsal edge. Gill 2, gill filaments present on second and third branchial arches. Dorsal and anal fins very short. Tooth on vomer and palatine. Entire body covered with minute bucklers. Dorsal surface with deep-brown reticulate on yellow-brown background; ventral surface white; fins translucent to pale. Peritoneum white.
habitats	Habits in the marine bathydemersal. They are awkward, walking on the bottom on their large armlike pectoral fins and smaller pelvic fins.
Distribution	Restricted to Western Pacific from Japam to Philippines. In Taiwan, it occurs in eastern and southern occasionally.
Utility	No commercial value.