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Class: Teleostei
Order: Lophiiformes
Family: Ogcocephalidae Batfishes

Genus: Malthopsis

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22 species (see list below)
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Malthopsis annulifera Ring triangular batfish Western Pacific 9 SL 1908
Malthopsis apis Apine triangular batfish Western Pacific 6.0 SL 2021
Malthopsis arrietty Short-horn triangular batfish Western Pacific 5.4 SL 2020
Malthopsis asperata Roughspine triangular batfish Pacific Ocean 7.5 SL 2013
Malthopsis austrafricana Southern African triangular batfish Western Indian Ocean 8.4 SL 2013
Malthopsis bradburyae Bradbury’s triangular batfish Western Indian Ocean 7.2 SL 2013
Malthopsis bulla Flatscale triangular batfish Eastern Indian Ocean 8.7 SL 2021
Malthopsis formosa Taiwanese triangular batfish Northwest Pacific 5.1 SL 2019
Malthopsis gigas Giant triangular batfish Indo-Pacifc 13.6 SL 2010
Malthopsis gnoma Atlantic triangular batfish Western Central Atlantic 6.1 SL 1998
Malthopsis jordani Jordan's triangular batfish Eastern Pacific 11 SL 1905
Malthopsis kobayashii Kobayashi's triangular batfish Western Pacific 8.0 SL 1916
Malthopsis lutea Yellow triangular batfish Indian Ocean 10 TL 1891
Malthopsis mcgroutheri McGrouther’s triangular batfish Western Pacific 4.5 SL 2021
Malthopsis mitrigera Two-spine triangular batfish Indo-West Pacific 8 SL 1897
Malthopsis oculata Bigeye triangular batfish Eastern Indian Ocean 7.2 SL 2021
Malthopsis parva Arrowhead triangular batfish Western Pacific 5.1 SL 2013
Malthopsis provocator Prickle triangular batfish Southwestern Pacific 6.2 SL 1961
Malthopsis retifera Reticulate triangular batfish Northeastern Indian Ocean 6.0 SL 2009
Malthopsis tetrabulla Queensland triangular batfish Western Pacific 7.5 SL 2021
Malthopsis tiarella Spearnose seabat Northwestern Pacific 10.5 SL 1902
Malthopsis velutina Polynesian triangular batfish Eastern Central Pacific 5.7 SL 2020



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