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Malthopsis kobayashii Tanaka, 1916 Kobayashi's triangular batfish |
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photo by
Ho, H.-C. |
| Family: | Ogcocephalidae (Batfishes) | |||
| Max. size: | 7.98 cm SL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | bathydemersal; marine | |||
| Distribution: | Western Pacific: off Japan, Taiwan, Philippines and Australia. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal soft rays (total): 4-6; Anal soft rays: 4-4. This species is characterized by the following: subopercular buckler dull, with few blunt spinelets at its tip; ventral surface is covered with minute prickles; pointed rostrum, directed rather forward than upward; principal bucklers on dorsal surface relatively small and flattened, interspace fully covered by small bucklers and prickles (Ref. 86633). | |||
| Biology: | ||||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 13 August 2019 Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||