CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	37 212040 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Malthopsis gigas Ho & Shao, 2010
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 212 Ogcocephalidae (Seabats) - show full list
Standard Name:	[a seabat]
Common Names List:	Giant triangular batfish
Organism Type:	a seabat
Synonyms:	Malthopsis sp. W1 [of P. Last] Malthopsis sp. E1 [of P. Last]
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Slope Demersal (200-2000m)
Parent Codes:	37 212906 Malthopsis spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	37 212038

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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2012-09-12.
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Expected species depth range is from 300 to 420 m.

Taxon Notes:	In the Australian region this species is known from northern WA, northern Qld to southern NSW and the Norfolk Ridge south of Norfolk I in 228-500m (Ho & Last 2021).

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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