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Malthopsis parva Ho, Roberts & Shao, 2013

Arrowhead triangular batfish
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> 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 Ecología

marino batidemersal; rango de profundidad 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

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.1 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 92977)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Radios blandos dorsales (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).

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Maximum depth from Ref. 106682.

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Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador : Ho, Hsuan-Ching | Colaboradores

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)

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

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 2.3 - 4.1, mean 3.2 °C (based on 354 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 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):  3.2   ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Ref. 120179):  Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).