Halieutopsis murrayi

Halieutopsis murrayi has a head and body widened into a subtriangular disc, which has a greater length than its width. The rostrum is a wide, rounded shelf with sharp tubercles on it, these are three spined at its tip, which clearly overhangs the mouth. The Iillicial cavity is a little compressed with the opening being higher than it is wide. This cavity can be seen clearly in a view from above. The upper lobe of the esca is leaf-shaped and has small cirri on its tip and pair of small appendages at its base. The eyes are moderate in size. There are thin bands of bristle-like teeth on the jaws, those on the upper jaw are not visible when the mouth is closed. The main tubercles on the upper surface of the body are sharp and resemble needles, typically they have 5 or 6 facets. The tubercles along the edge of the disc are rather depressed at their bases, and have two spines at their tips. The tubercles on suboperculum are divided into four smaller spines, two of these are directed forwards and two are directed backwards, while those on the upper and lowersurfaces of the tail are simple and loosely arranged. The colour of the body is uniformly black. the standard length of the holotype is 48.7 mm (1.92 in).

Halieutopsis murrayi is known only from the holotype which was collected in the Gulf of Aden off Yemen as a depth of 1,270 m (4,170 ft).

== References ==

Halieutopsis margaretae is a member of the genus Halieutopsis, an name which suffixes opsis, meaning "looking like" to halieut which is derived from halieutaea, Greek for an "angler" or "fisherman". This name is a reference to this genus' resemblance to the genus Halieutaea. The specific name honours the Scottish oceanographer John Murray, the holotype was collected on the John Murray Expedition, the name is to recognise the contribution he made to modern oceanography.