Reticulate Batfish

Halieutaea retifera

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth104–220 m
Water temperature25–29 °C
Best monthsNovember
How commonRare

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 0 records
February: 0 records
March: 5 records
April: 14 records
May: 13 records
June: 0 records
July: 1 records
August: 0 records
September: 0 records
October: 1 records
November: 29 records
December: 1 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 104–220 m · Deepest record: 333 m

90–100 m: 1 records
100–110 m: 8 records
110–120 m: 8 records
120–130 m: 10 records
130–140 m: 0 records
140–150 m: 0 records
150–160 m: 1 records
160–170 m: 0 records
170–180 m: 3 records
180–190 m: 12 records
190–200 m: 1 records
200+ m: 20 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 25–29 °C

24–26 °C: 64 records
26–28 °C: 0 records
28–30 °C: 1 records

Names and classification

English: Reticulate Batfish, torpedo batfish

Similar species

Batfish
Halieutaea stellata
Batfish
Halieutaea brevicauda
Scarlet Seabat
Halieutaea coccinea
Batfish
Halieutaea fitzsimonsi
Smoky Seabat
Halieutaea fumosa
Hairy Seabat
Halieutaea hancocki

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
75 open-data records from 1967 to 2005.
Species data updated November 3, 2026.

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