Himantolophus kalami Rajeeshkumar, Pietsch & Saravanane, 2022
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Himantolophus kalami is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Himantolophidae, the footballfishes. This species was described in 2022 by Melapurra Rajeeshkumar, Theodore Wells Pietsch III and Naryanane Saravanane with its type locality given as the east coast of the northern Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. This species is a member of the Himantolophus albinares species complex, a classification partly based on the absence of anterior escal appendages. It differs from other species in this complex in having a unique illicial and escal morphology having a simple lower central filament and a pair of filaments on each side of the base the esca.
Wikipedia contributors, Himantolophus kalami; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T22:48:10.972381+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Himantolophus kalami Rajeeshkumar, Pietsch & Saravanane, 2022
- Name authority
- Rajeeshkumar, Pietsch & Saravanane, 2022
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Lophiiformes
- Family
- Himantolophidae
- Genus
- Himantolophus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderLophiiformes
- suborderCeratioidei
- familyHimantolophidae Gill, 1861
- genusHimantolophus Reinhardt, 1837
- speciesHimantolophus kalami Rajeeshkumar, Pietsch & Saravanane, 2022
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Himantolophus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Himantolophus albinares Maul, 1961 | HimantolophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Himantolophus appelii (Clarke, 1878) | HimantolophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Himantolophus azurlucens Beebe & Crane, 1947 | HimantolophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Himantolophus borealis Kharin, 1984 | HimantolophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Himantolophus brevirostris (Regan, 1925) | HimantolophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Himantolophus compressus (Osório, 1909) | HimantolophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Himantolophus crinitus Bertelsen & Krefft, 1988 | HimantolophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Himantolophus danae Regan & Trewavas, 1932 | HimantolophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atlantic football-fishHimantolophus groenlandicus Reinhardt, 1837 | HimantolophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Himantolophus melanolophus Bertelsen & Krefft, 1988 | HimantolophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Himantolophus paucifilosus Bertelsen & Krefft, 1988 | HimantolophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pacific footballfishHimantolophus sagamius (Tanaka, 1918) | HimantolophidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Rajeeshkumar, M., Pietsch, T. W., & Saravanane, N. (2022). A new species of deep-sea anglerfish, genus Himantolophus (Lophiiformes: Himantolophidae) from the Andaman Sea, India. Zootaxa, 5178. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5178.6.6 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:D54WN. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.