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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Actinopterygii (class) » Lophiiformes (order) » Ogcocephalidae (family)
CAAB Code: | 37 212006 |
Scientific Name and Authority: | Malthopsis bulla Ho & Last, 2021 |
Rank: | Species |
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Distribution map:
View detailed map or click on map to see same. ![]() Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2022-09-20. Occurrence locations [1] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile |
Taxon Notes: | Updated from Malthopsis sp. W2 [of P. Last] after species described by Ho & Last (2021) from specimens collected off northern Australia between north of Port Hedland (18°16´S, 118°12´E), WA and NE of Cape Don, Arafura Sea (9°19´S, 132°49´E), NT in 140-1023m depth (only one record deeper than 400m). |
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Record source and Scientific Name verified against: | Ho, Hsuan-Ching, Last, Peter, 2021. Review of the batfish genus Malthopsis from Australia (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae), with descriptions of five new species , Bulletin of Marine Science, Vol. 97: 165-218. doi:10.5343/bms.2020.0037 |