Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
- CAAB Code
- 37 212057 Show as JSON
- Scientific Name & Authority
- Malthopsis lutea Alcock, 1891
- Rank
- Species
- CAAB category
- 37 - Pisces Fishes
- Family
- 37 212 Ogcocephalidae (Seabats) - show full list
- Standard Name
- [a seabat]
- Organism Type
- a seabat
- Taxon lists
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Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
- Habitat
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Slope Demersal (200-2000m)
- Parent Codes
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37 212906
Malthopsis spp.
- Taxon Notes
- Added based on Australian specimens from SW of Rowley Shoals (17 56 S, 118 21 E), WA and N of Bathurst Island (9°46´S, 130°14´E to 9°47´S, 130°25´E), Arafura Sea in 265-420 m depth (Ho & Last 2021).
- Distribution Map
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions)
Updated on 2025-09-22 - Distribution Data
- Expected species depth range is from 265 to 420 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