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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.

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).

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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