Malthopsis parva, Arrowhead triangular batfish

Malthopsis parva Ho, Roberts & Shao, 2013

Arrowhead triangular batfish
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Lophiiformes (Anglerfishes) > Ogcocephalidae (Batfishes)
Etymology: Malthopsis: Greek, malthe, es = a marine fish of soft flesh (Ref. 45335); parva: Name from Latin 'parva' for small; referring to the small adult size of the species where the largest (mature) specimen was 4.64 cm long.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 420 - 1156 m (Ref. 92977). Subtropical

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Western Pacific: seamounts and oceanic ridges north of New Zealand and south of New Caledonia

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.1 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 92977)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 5 - 6. This species is distinguished by the following characters: ventral surface fully naked and interspaces of principal bucklers on dorsal surface lacking dermal spinules: D 5-6 (mainly 6); pectoral-fin rays 13; blunt subopercular buckler with a stout anterior-directed spinelet usually present; rostral spine directed rather more upward than forward; relatively few and loosely arranged bucklers; all bucklers are blunt; appressed anal fin reaching caudal fin base; it is the smallest species of the genus reaching 51.1 mm SL in adults (Ref. 92977).
Body shape (shape guide): other (see remarks); Cross section: flattened.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Maximum depth from Ref. 106682.

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Ho, H.-C., C.D. Roberts and K.-T. Shao, 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. (Ref. 92977)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 13 August 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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