Malthopsis

Malthtopsis
Longnose Seabat (M. lutea)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Lophiiformes
Family:	Ogcocephalidae
Genus:	Malthopsis Alcock, 1891
Type species
Malthopsis luteus Alcock, 1891

Malthopsis is a genus of batfishes with a wide distribution in the world's oceans.

Species

There are currently 13 recognized species in this genus:

• Malthopsis annulifera S. Tanaka (I), 1908
• Malthopsis asperata H. C. Ho, C. D. Roberts & K. T. Shao, 2013 (Roughspine batfish) ^[1]
• Malthopsis austrafricana H. C. Ho, 2013 (Southern African triangular batfish) ^[2]
• Malthopsis bradburyae H. C. Ho, 2013 (Bradbury's triangular batfish) ^[2]
• Malthopsis gigas H. C. Ho & K. T. Shao, 2010 (Giant triangular batfish)
• Malthopsis gnoma Bradbury, 1998
• Malthopsis jordani C. H. Gilbert, 1905
• Malthopsis kobayashii S. Tanaka (I), 1916
• Malthopsis lutea Alcock, 1891 (Longnose seabat)
• Malthopsis mitrigera C. H. Gilbert & Cramer, 1897 (Twospine batfish)
• Malthopsis parva H. C. Ho, C. D. Roberts & K. T. Shao, 2013 (Arowhead batfish) ^[1]
• Malthopsis retifera H. C. Ho, Prokofiev & K. T. Shao, 2009 (Reticulate triangular batfish)
• Malthopsis tiarella D. S. Jordan, 1902 (Spearnose seabat)

References

1. 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.
2. Ho, H.-C. (2013) Two new species of the batfish genus Malthopsis (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae) from the Western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa, 3716 (2): 289–300.