Scientific Name	Halieutaea indica   Pronounce			by: Hsin-Ming Yeh
Author	Annandale & Jenkins, 1910	Depth	- 100M
Chinese	印度棘茄魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	蝙蝠魚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F233　Ogcocephalidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	突額棘茄魚
Max Length	15 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	突額棘茄魚、棘茄魚
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、West、South、South West、North、North East、PonFu
Habitats	Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Bay of Bengal, off Orissa coast, India
Synonyms	Astrocanthus stellatus, Halieutaea sinica, Halieutaea spicata, Halieutea spicata, Lophius faujas, Lophius muricatus
Reference	Ho, H. C. , H. Endo, and K. Sakamaki. 2008. A new species of Halicmetus (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae) from the western Pacific, with comments on congeners. Zoological Studies v. 47 (no. 6): 767-773.  Annandale, N. etc. 1910 Lee, S.-C. 1988 Ho, H.C. etc. 2008
Specimen List	ASIZP0056092. ASIZP0056147. ASIZP0058256. ASIZP0059593. ASIZP0062547. ASIZP0062588. ASIZP0062594. ASIZP0063253. ASIZP0064521. ASIZP0067770. ASIZP0070152. ASIZP0070190. ASIZP0070236. ASIZP0072174. ASIZP0072184. ASIZP0803531. ASIZP0913531. NMMSTP01603. NMNSF00335. NMNSF00880. NMNSF00884. NMNSF00885. NTOU-AE6131. NTOU-AE6142.
Common Name	Indian handfish; Yellow-footed walking batfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal fin rays 4; anal fin rays 4; pectoral fin rays 13; pelvic fin rays 5; caudal fin rays 9. Body depressed with a broad circular disk and a tail shorter than disk; head relatively compressed, no convex; 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 edge of esca; gill 2 1/2; dorsal surface covered with stout and simple spines, most have more four roots; disk edge including tail spines divided into 3-5 stout point; dorsal surface covered with dermal spinules between tubercles; ventral surface covered with numerous dermal spinules; interorbit space broader than eye diameter; pale to pinkish in color; with two large “H” shap dark brown pattern on dorsal surface; pectoral fin edge lightly or light yellow with a white narrow band, the rest fins usually translucent, without black edge.
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 occurs in the nertheast Taiwan off Tashi and Suso.
Utility	No commercial value.