Malthopsis retifera, Reticulate triangular batfish

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Malthopsis retifera Ho, Prokofiev & Shao, 2009

Reticulate triangular batfish
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> Lophiiformes (Anglerfishes) > Ogcocephalidae (Batfishes)
Etymology: Malthopsis: Greek, malthe, es = a marine fish of soft flesh (Ref. 45335); retifera: Named for its distinct reticular color pattern on the dorsal surface of the disk; Latin 'rete' meaning net.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range Ecología

marino batidemersal; rango de profundidad 375 - 420 m (Ref. 80924). Deep-water

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Northeastern Indian Ocean: off Somalia, Socotra.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 80924)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 4 - 5. This species differs from its congeners in having a reticulate color pattern on dorsal surface of disk, 5 pairs of dark spots on disk margin and lateral sides of tail; rostrum is directed to front; bucklers on dorsal surface are relatively pointed, absence of small tubercles or bucklers between principal bucklers; rounded and flat bucklers on belly; anal fin reaching caudal fin base when laid back; 6 lateral line scales in subopercular series and 7 or 8 in tail series; 11-13 (usually 12) pectoral fin rays and 4 or 5 (usually 5) dorsal fin rays (Ref. 80924).
Body shape (shape guide): other (see remarks); Cross section: flattened.

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

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

Ho, H.-C., A.M. Prokofiev and K.-T. Shao, 2009. A new species of the batfish genus Malthopsis (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae) from the Northwestern Indian Ocean. Zoological Studies 48(3):394-401. (Ref. 80924)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 13 August 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

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Fuentes de Internet

AFORO (otoliths) | Aquatic Commons | BHL | Cloffa | Websites from users | Check FishWatcher | CISTI | Catalog of Fishes: Género, Especie | DiscoverLife | ECOTOX | FAO - Publication: search | Faunafri | Fishipedia | Fishtrace | GloBI | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | IGFA World Record | OneZoom | Open Tree of Life | Otolith Atlas of Taiwan Fishes | PubMed | Reef Life Survey | Socotra Atlas | TreeBase | Árbol de la vida | Wikipedia: Go, búsqueda | Zoobank | Expediente Zoológico

Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01479 (0.00517 - 0.04233), b=2.93 (2.68 - 3.18), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278):  3.2   ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Referencia 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). 🛈