Scientific Name	Halieutaea fumosa   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Alcock, 1894	Depth	30 - 220M
Chinese	雲紋棘茄魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	蝙蝠魚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F233　Ogcocephalidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	煙紋棘茄魚
Max Length	14 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	棘茄魚
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South、South West、North、North East
Habitats	Deep Sea、Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Bay of Bengal, 13°51'12"N, 80°28'12"E, Investigator station 162, depth 145-250 fathoms
Synonyms	Halieutaea stellata vittata, Haliutea fumosa
Reference	Alcock, A. W. 1894 Lee, S.-C. 1988 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002 Ho, H.C. etc. 2008
Specimen List	ASIZP0055648. ASIZP0058050. ASIZP0058051. ASIZP0061493. ASIZP0062274. ASIZP0063240. ASIZP0063241. ASIZP0064551. ASIZP0064579. ASIZP0064593. ASIZP0064999. ASIZP0067884. ASIZP0068336. ASIZP0068362. ASIZP0068397. ASIZP0070196. ASIZP0070235. ASIZP0072175. ASIZP0072177. ASIZP0072181. ASIZP0080335. ASIZP0803645. ASIZP0803687. ASIZP0913645. FRIP03071. NMMBP01721. NMMSTP00969. NMNSF00219. NMNSF00420. NMNSF00424. NMNSF00425. NMNSF00432. NMNSF00792. NMNSF00882. NTMP0070. NTMP0211. NTMP0877. ...List all 40 records...
Common Name	Batfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal fin rays 5; pectoral fin rays 12-13; anal fin rays 4; pelvic fin rays 5; caudal fin rays 9. Body depressed with a broad circular disk and a tail short than disk; head relatively compressed; mouth large, anteriorly to head; rostrum not project over front of disk, esca visible from above; esca with two not well-separated ventral lobes and a dorsal flap, thin fringe present on entire ventral margin of esca; gill 2 1/2; dorsal surface covered with relative short spines, most have more four roots; disk edge including tail spines divided into 3-5 sharp point; skin transparent without any dermal spinules between tubercles; ventral surface smooth, sometimes small glandular present; body pale to pink in color; fins usually translucent, without black edge; dorsal surface without any deep color mark. It appears small size in the genus no larger than 10 cm in SL.
habitats	Habits in the marine bathydemersal. They are awkward, walking on the bottom on their large armlike pectoral fins and smaller pelvic fins.
Distribution	Widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific oceans. It is a common species in Taiwan occurring in northeast off Yilan and Suao.
Utility	No commercial value.