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Ogcocephalidae (Batfishes)
Etymology: Malthopsis: Greek, malthe, es = a marine fish of soft flesh (Ref. 45335); arrietty: Named after the miniature character of the Japanese animated fantasy film 'Arrietty the Borrower' (Japan) or 'The Secret World of Arrietty' (North America), referring to the miniature size of the species; noun in apposition.
Eponymy: The fish is named after the miniature character of the Japanese animated fantasy film ‘Arrietty the Borrower’ (Japan) or ‘The Secret World of Arrietty’ (North America), in reference to the miniature size of the species. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / نطاق العمق / distribution range
البيئة
بحري قاعية المعيشة; نطاق العمق 234 - 777 m (Ref. 124115), usually 234 - 543 m (Ref. 124115). Tropical
Western Pacific: the Philippines.
الحجم / وزن / العمر
النضج: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.4 cm SL ذكر/ مختلط الجنس; (Ref. 124115)
وصف مختصر
مفاتيح التعريف | الوصف الخارجي | قياسات المظهر الخارجي
الأشعة الظهرية الناعمة (المجموع) : 4 - 6. This species is distinguished by the following characters: no prickles on interspaces of bucklers; an extremely short rostrum (x? = 4.1% SL) directed upward rather than forward; large eye (x? = 15.4% SL); narrow interorbital space (x? = 5.5% SL); OD/RL = 2.4-5.3 and OD/IO = 2.4-3.2; body with a few scattered bucklers, with interspaces largely naked on dorsal surface; ventral surface with few flat bucklers, mostly restricted to around pelvic-fin base, and almost naked elsewhere (Ref. 124115).
Life cycle and mating behavior
النضج | التكاثر | وضع البيض | بيض | الخصوبة | Larvae
Ho, H.-C., 2020. Two new deep-water batfish of the genus Malthopsis from the Pacific Ocean (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae). Raffles Bull. Zool. 68:859-869. (Ref. 124115)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (مرجع
82804): PD
50 = 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).
مستوى غذائي (مرجع
69278): 3.2 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
المرونه (مرجع
120179): عالي, الحد الزمني الأدني لتضاعف عدد أفراد المجتمع أقل من 15 شهر (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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