CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes
Family: 37 212 Ogcocephalidae (Seabats) - show full list
Standard Name: [a seabat]
Organism Type: a seabat
Synonyms: Malthopsis sp. Q1 [of P. Last] (in CAAB) Malthopsis sp. [Last et al 2014:212; Coral Sea checklist]
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Habitat: Slope Demersal (200-2000m)
Parent Codes: 37 212906 Malthopsis spp.
Previous Codes (if any): 37 212804

Taxon Notes: Updated from Malthopsis sp. Q1 [of P. Last] after species described by Ho & Last (2021) from specimens collected from east of Dunk Island (17°56´S, 146°58´E) south to Capricorn Channel, east of Rockhampton (22°52´S, 152°42´E), Qld in 220-300m. An additional specimen (QM I.18798) collected from 26 31 S, 153 48 E in 439-457m was identified by Hans Ho in Jan 2025 (this was previously a voucher specimen for Malthopsis sp Q2a [of P. Last]).

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Updated on 2025-09-22
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Distribution Data: Expected species depth range is from 220 to 457 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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