Malthopsis tetrabulla

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ogcocephalioidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Lophiiformes Subordo: Ogcocephalioidei Superfamilia: Ogcocephalioidea

Familia: Ogcocephalidae
Genus: Malthopsis
Species: Malthopsis tetrabulla

Name

• Malthopsis tetrabulla H.-C. Ho & Last, 2020

Type locality: Capricorn Channel, east of Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, 22°52'S, 152°42'E, depth 225 - 282 meters.

Etymology: The Latin "tetra" means four and "bulla" means knob, in reference to four large flattened bucklers covering on top of skull.

Primary references

Ho, H.-C. and P. R. Last. 2021. Review of the batfish genus Malthopsis from Australia (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae), with descriptions of five new species. Bulletin of Marine Science v. 97 (no. 1): 165-218.