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Ogcocephalidae (Batfishes)
Etymology: Malthopsis: Greek, malthe, es = a marine fish of soft flesh (Ref. 45335); tetrabulla: Name from combination of Greek 'tetra' for four and Latin 'bulla' for knob, ornament; referring to the four prominent bucklers on the posterior portion of skull.
Meio ambiente: milieu / Zona climática / intervalo de profundidade / faixa de distribuição
Ecologia
marinhas demersal; intervalo de profundidade 218 - 225 m (Ref. 123774). Tropical
Western Pacific: Australia.
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturidade: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.5 cm SL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 123774)
Descrição suscinta
Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria
Raios dorsais (total) : 4 - 5. This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: D 4-5; pectoral-fin rays 11-13; rostrum short to medium length (6.4%-11.3% SL) and usually directed slightly anterodorsally and recurved; body covered with large, low, blunt conical bucklers; posterior portion of skull with 4 large principal bucklers; broad naked areas on shoulder and around gill cavity; ventral surface of disk is covered with small, similarly shaped bucklers, distinctly larger and denser on breast than belly; subopercular buckler with a prominent, forwardly directed spine; orbit moderate in size, 12.2%-14.9% SL; interorbital space of moderate width, 5.5%-8.0% SL; OD/IO = 1.5-2.3, OD/RL = 1.2-2.0; anal fin not reaching caudal-fin base when fully adpressed (Ref. 123774).
Cross section: flattened.
Ciclo de vida ou comportamento de acasalamento
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
Ho, H.-C. and P. Last, 2021. Review of the batfish genus Malthopsis from Australia (Lophiformes: Ogcocephalidae), with descriptions of a five new species. Bull. Mar. Sci. 97(1):165-218. (Ref. 123774)
Status na Lista Vermelha da UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Ameaça para os humanos
Harmless
Uso pelos humanos
Ferramentas
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Estimativas baseadas em modelos
Índice de diversidade filogenética (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.01514 (0.00534 - 0.04293), b=2.93 (2.68 - 3.18), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Nível Trófico (Ref. 69278) |
3.3 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Resiliência (Ref. 120179) |
Elevada, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população menor que 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Vulnerabilidade da pesca (Ref. 59153) |
Low to moderate vulnerability (30 of 100). 🛈 |