Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
marino batidemersal; rango de profundidad 300 - 650 m (Ref. 58302). Deep-water
Indo-West Pacific: widespread.
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 92977)
Short description
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 5 - 6; Espinas anales: 0; Radios blandos anales: 3 - 4. This species is distinguished by the following characters: large flat bucklers cover on ventral surface of disc and caudal peduncle; teeth on vomer form a very wide band; elongated subopercular buckler slightly curved, with 2 forward-directed spines at tip; pectoral-fin rays 14-15 (mainly 15) (Ref. 92977).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva
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)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Herramientas
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 2.2 - 13.5, mean 9.7 °C (based on 220 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5001 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.3 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Ref.
120179): Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).