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Malthopsis asperata Ho, Roberts & Shao, 2013 Roughspine triangular batfish |
| Family: | Ogcocephalidae (Batfishes) | |||
| Max. size: | 7.5 cm SL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | pelagic-oceanic; marine; depth range 183 - 670 m | |||
| Distribution: | Pacific Ocean: tropical; seamounts off Australia, New Caledonia, and New Zealand. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal soft rays (total): 5-6; Anal soft rays: 4-4. This species is distinguished by the following characters: having stout principal bucklers with prominent spines; D 5-6; pectoral-fin rays 12; ventral surface with small bucklers and minute prickles; subopercular buckler have 3 small spinelets: one directed forward, another outward and third backward; few blunt spinelets on its margin; interspaces of principal bucklers covered with small buckler and prickles; pointed rostral spine, directed forward and upward (Ref. 92977). | |||
| Biology: | ||||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 13 August 2019 Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||