Malthopsis
Malthopsis, the gnome batfishes or triangular batfishes, is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Ogcocephalidae, the deep sea batfishes. The triangular batfishes are distributed throughout the warmer waters of the world, although they are absent from the Eastern Atlantic Ocean. The genus was originally proposed in 1891 by the British naturalist Alfred W. Alcock.
22 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 22 known species
Giant Triangular Batfish
speciesMalthopsis gigas
Spearnose Seabat
speciesMalthopsis tiarella
Malthopsis annulifera
speciesMalthopsis annulifera
Malthopsis formosa
speciesMalthopsis formosa
Malthopsis asperata
speciesMalthopsis asperata
Southern African Triangular Batfish
speciesMalthopsis austrafricana
Malthopsis bradburyae
speciesMalthopsis bradburyae
Malthopsis gnoma
speciesMalthopsis gnoma
Longtnose Seabat
speciesMalthopsis kobayashii
Malthopsis parva
speciesMalthopsis parva
Malthopsis retifera
speciesMalthopsis retifera
Malthopsis provocator
speciesMalthopsis provocator
Malthopsis oculata
speciesMalthopsis oculata
Malthopsis mcgroutheri
speciesMalthopsis mcgroutheri
Malthopsis bulla
speciesMalthopsis bulla
Malthopsis apis
speciesMalthopsis apis
Malthopsis tetrabulla
speciesMalthopsis tetrabulla
Malthopsis arrietty
speciesMalthopsis arrietty
Malthopsis velutina
speciesMalthopsis velutina
Two-Spine Batfish
speciesMalthopsis mitrigera
Malthopsis jordani
speciesMalthopsis jordani
Malthopsis lutea
speciesMalthopsis lutea
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 89733.