CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Actinopterygii (class) » Lophiiformes (order) » Ogcocephalidae (family)

CAAB Code:	37 212036 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Malthopsis provocator Whitley, 1961
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 212 Ogcocephalidae (Seabats) - show full list
Standard Name:	[a seabat]
Organism Type:	a seabat
Synonyms:	Malthopsis kobayashi (misidentification) Malthopsis lutea (Paxton et al 1989 - misidentification due to exclusion of subspecies at that time)
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Slope Demersal (200-2000m)
Parent Codes:	37 212906 Malthopsis spp.

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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2022-07-01.
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Expected species depth range is from 220 to 475 m.

Record source:	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

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