Malthopsis parva

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ogcocephalioidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Lophiiformes Subordo: Ogcocephalioidei Superfamilia: Ogcocephalioidea

Familia: Ogcocephalidae
Genus: Malthopsis
Species: Malthopsis parva

Name

• Malthopsis parva H.-C. Ho, C. Roberts & Shao, 2013
  • Primary type: Holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: '46.4 mm SL'
    • Repository: MONZ NMNZ P.017180
  • Type locality: 'RNZFA Tui, stn. AUZ 011, 30° 45.0' S 173° 57.0' E, Three Kings Ridge, extended continental shelf, outside NZ EEZ, beam trawl, 537–677 m'
  • ZooBank: 7F6AEEED-8827-4825-B541-C4EC686A2FEC

Primary references

• Ho, H.-C.; Roberts, C.D.; Shao, K.-T. 2013: Revision of batfishes (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae) of New Zealand and adjacent waters, with description of two new species of the genus Malthopsis. Zootaxa 3626(1): 188–200. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3626.1.8 Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 192, and Figs. 4A–E, 5A–D; Table 1]

Vernacular names

English: Arrowhead batfish