Typová lokalita
Northern Madagascar, Mozambique Channel, Western Indian Ocean, 12°40.2'S, 48°9.6'E, depth 595 - 605 meters.
Původní popis
Ho, H.-C. 2022. A new species of the shortnose batfish genus Halicmetus from Madagascar (Family Ogcocephalidae). Zootaxa 5138 (no. 2): 177-184.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.