FB-67308 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67308 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Siluriformes Loricariidae Spectracanthicus Spectracanthicus tocantinensis Chamon & Rapp Py-Daniel, 2014 Southern African triangular batfish Malthopsis lutea (non Alcock, 1891) Malthopsis tiarella (non Jordan, 1902) 2014-04-11 2014-04-12 Smith, J.L.B.0 The sea fishes of southern Africa. 4th ed. Central News Agency, Ltd., Johannesburg. 580 p. (Ref. 710) Ho, H.-C.0 Two new species of the batfish genus <i>Malthopsis</i> (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae) from the Western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 3716:289-300. (Ref. 94126) Ho, H.-C. and P. Last0 Review of the batfish genus <i>Malthopsis</i> from Australia (Lophiformes: Ogcocephalidae), with descriptions of a five new species. Bull. Mar. Sci. 97(1):165-218. (Ref. 123774) FB-DiagnosticDescr-67317 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2014-06-16 00:00:00 2014-06-16 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67317 This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: body covered with conical bucklers and numerous prickles; long rostrum (mean 8.3% SL) is stout, pointed, with a broad base, directed forward horizontally; top of head with 3 irregular rows of bucklers; ventral surface of disk is densely covered by prickles and small flat bucklers, some have slightly larger and denser bucklers on breast than on belly; blunt subopercular buckler without well-developed spines; small orbit (mean 12.5% SL); small spinelets on the tips of both post-subopercular bucklers; broad interorbital space (mean 8.4% SL), forming a deep groove; OD/RL = 1.1-1.9; OD/IO = 1.3-1.7; when depressed, anal fin reaches or is beyond caudal-fin base (Ref. 94126). Ho, H.-C. 2013 Two new species of the batfish genus <i>Malthopsis</i> (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae) from the Western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 3716:289-300. (Ref. 94126) FB-Distribution-67317 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2014-04-15 00:00:00 2014-06-16 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67317 Western Indian Ocean: off South Africa, Mozambique and Madagascar. Ho, H.-C. 2013 Two new species of the batfish genus <i>Malthopsis</i> (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae) from the Western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 3716:289-300. (Ref. 94126) FB-Size-67317 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2014-04-15 00:00:00 2021-05-21 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67317 8.4 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 94126)) Ho, H.-C. 2013 Two new species of the batfish genus <i>Malthopsis</i> (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae) from the Western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 3716:289-300. (Ref. 94126) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-67317 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2014-04-15 00:00:00 2021-05-21 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67317 demersal; marine; depth range 170 - 700 m (Ref. 94126) Ho, H.-C. 2013 Two new species of the batfish genus <i>Malthopsis</i> (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae) from the Western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 3716:289-300. (Ref. 94126)