Biology:Malthopsis
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| Malthopsis | |
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| Malthopsis gnoma | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Lophiiformes |
| Family: | Ogcocephalidae |
| Genus: | Malthopsis Alcock, 1891 |
| Type species | |
| Malthopsis luteus Alcock, 1891
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Malthopsis is a genus of batfishes with a wide distribution in the world's oceans. In 2021, five new species were described from Australia and M. provocator was resurrected from synonymy with M. lutea.[1]
Species
There are currently 22 recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Malthopsis annulifera Tanaka (I), 1908
- Malthopsis apis H.-C. Ho & Last, 2021
- Malthopsis arrietty H.-C. Ho, 2020
- Malthopsis asperata H.-C. Ho, Roberts & Shao, 2013 (Roughspine batfish)[2]
- Malthopsis austrafricana H.-C. Ho, 2013 (Southern African triangular batfish)[3]
- Malthopsis bradburyae H.-C. Ho, 2013 (Bradbury's triangular batfish)[3]
- Malthopsis bulla H.-C. Ho & Last, 2021
- Malthopsis formosa H.-C. Ho & Koeda, 2019
- Malthopsis gigas H.-C. Ho & Shao, 2010 (Giant triangular batfish)
- Malthopsis gnoma Bradbury, 1998
- Malthopsis jordani Gilbert, 1905
- Malthopsis kobayashii Tanaka (I), 1916
- Malthopsis lutea Alcock, 1891 (Longnose seabat)
- Malthopsis mcgroutheri H.-C. Ho & Last, 2021
- Malthopsis mitrigera Gilbert & Cramer, 1897 (Twospine batfish)
- Malthopsis oculata H.-C. Ho & Last, 2021
- Malthopsis parva H.-C. Ho, Roberts & Shao, 2013 (Arrowhead batfish)[2]
- Malthopsis provocator Whitley, 1961 (Longnose seabat)
- Malthopsis retifera H.-C. Ho, Prokofiev & Shao, 2009 (Reticulate triangular batfish)
- Malthopsis tetrabulla H.-C. Ho & Last, 2021
- Malthopsis tiarella Jordan, 1902 (Spearnose seabat)
- Malthopsis velutina H.-C. Ho, 2020
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ho, Hsuan-Ching; Last, Peter (2021-01-01). "Review of the batfish genus Malthopsis from Australia (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae), with descriptions of five new species". Bulletin of Marine Science 97 (1): 165–218. doi:10.5343/bms.2020.0037. https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/2021/00000097/00000001/art00015;jsessionid=2kaknctwijxn3.x-ic-live-03.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 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. https://zenodo.org/record/1430291.
Wikidata ☰ Q1164354 entry
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