CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

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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 212053 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority:

Malthopsis oculata   Ho & Last, 2021

Rank: Species
CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes
Organism Type: a seabat
Synonyms: Malthopsis sp. W3 [of P Last] (in CAAB)
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Shelf Demersal (40-200m)
Slope Demersal (200-2000m)
Parent Codes: 37 212906     Malthopsis spp.
Previous Codes
(if any):		 37 212807
Taxon Notes:Added after description. Known from NE of Rowley Shoals (16°54´S, 120°22´E) southwards to SW of Exmouth (23°59´S, 112°32´E), WA in 184-460m depth (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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