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 212057 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and 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: 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 2025-09-22.
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Expected species depth range is from 265 to 420 m.
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).
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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