Malthopsis

Malthopsis is a genus of batfishes with a wide distribution in the world's oceans.

Malthopsis
Malthopsis gnoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Lophiiformes
Family: Ogcocephalidae
Genus: Malthopsis
Alcock, 1891
Type species
Malthopsis luteus
Alcock, 1891

Species

There are currently 13 recognized species in this genus:

  • Malthopsis annulifera S. Tanaka (I), 1908
  • Malthopsis asperata H. C. Ho, C. D. Roberts & K. T. Shao, 2013 (Roughspine batfish)[1]
  • Malthopsis austrafricana H. C. Ho, 2013 (Southern African triangular batfish)[2]
  • Malthopsis bradburyae H. C. Ho, 2013 (Bradbury's triangular batfish) [2]
  • Malthopsis gigas H. C. Ho & K. T. Shao, 2010 (Giant triangular batfish)
  • Malthopsis gnoma Bradbury, 1998
  • Malthopsis jordani C. H. Gilbert, 1905
  • Malthopsis kobayashii S. Tanaka (I), 1916
  • Malthopsis lutea Alcock, 1891 (Longnose seabat)
  • Malthopsis mitrigera C. H. Gilbert & Cramer, 1897 (Twospine batfish)
  • Malthopsis parva H. C. Ho, C. D. Roberts & K. T. Shao, 2013 (Arrowhead batfish) [1]
  • Malthopsis retifera H. C. Ho, Prokofiev & K. T. Shao, 2009 (Reticulate triangular batfish)
  • Malthopsis tiarella D. S. Jordan, 1902 (Spearnose seabat)

References
  1. Ho, H.-C.; Roberts, C.D.; Shao, K.-T. (2013). "Revision of batfishes (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae) of New Zealand and adjacent waters, with description of two new species of the genus Malthopsis". Zootaxa. 3626: 188–200. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3626.1.8. PMID 26176132.
  2. Ho, H.-C. (2013). "Two new species of the batfish genus Malthopsis (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae) from the Western Indian Ocean". Zootaxa. 3716: 289–300. doi:10.1080/00222939109460385. PMID 26106777.


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