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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.
Ambiente: milieu / zona climatica / distribuzione batimetrica / gamma di distribuzione
Ecologia
marino batidemersale; distribuzione batimetrica 420 - 1156 m (Ref. 92977). Subtropical
Western Pacific: seamounts and oceanic ridges north of New Zealand and south of New Caledonia
Dimensione / Peso / Età
Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.1 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 92977)
Breve descrizione
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 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.
Maximum depth from Ref. 106682.
Ciclo vitale e comportamento di accoppiamento
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecondità | Larve
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)
Stato della Lista Rossa IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Minaccia per l'uomo
Harmless
Usi umani
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Stime basate su modelli
Temperatura preferita (Fonte Biblio.
123201): 2.3 - 4.1, mean 3.2 °C (based on 354 cells).
Indice di diversità filogenetica (Fonte Biblio.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01514 (0.00541 - 0.04235), b=2.93 (2.68 - 3.18), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Livello trofico (Fonte Biblio.
69278): 3.2 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio.
120179): Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnerabilità della pesca (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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