Taxonavigation

Familia: Ogcocephalidae
Genus: Malthopsis
Species (11): M. annulifera – M. asparata – M. austrafricana – M. bradburyae – M. gigas – M. gnoma – M. jordani – M. kobayashii – M. lutea – M. mitrigera – M. parva – M. retifera – M. tiarella
[source: WoRMS, plus (2) M. asparata – M. parva]

In synonymy (2): M. ocellata – M. triangularis

Name

• Malthopsis Alcock, 1891
  • Gender: [feminine]
  • Type species: Malthopsis lutea Alcock, 1891
    • Fixation: monotypy

Primary references

• Alcock, A.W. 1891: Class Pisces. In: II.--Natural history notes from H. M. Indian marine survey steamer `Investigator,' Commander R. F. Hoskyn, R. N., commanding.--Series II., No. 1. On the results of deep-sea dredging during the season 1890-91. Annals and magazine of natural history (6), 8(43/44): 16–34 (1 July); 119-138 (1 Aug.), Pls. 7-8.

References

• Bradbury, Margaret G. (2003) Family Ogcocephalidae Jordan 1895: batfishes. Annotated Checklists of Fishes, no. 17. 1-17. PDF

• Ho, H.-C. 2013: Two new species of the batfish genus Malthopsis (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae) from the Western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 3716(2): 289–300. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3716.2.9 Reference page. 

Links

• Malthopsis Report on ITIS

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