Species Malthopsis kobayashi Tanaka, 1916

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• Malthopsis kobayashi Tanaka, S. 1916. A new species of Japanese fish. Dobutsugako Zasshi, Tokyo (Journal of the Zoological Society of Japan) 28: 348 [in Japanese].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ZSI F.13014–16, Andaman Sea [11°31´40"N, 92°46´06"E]; ZSI F.13018, Andaman Sea [11°31´40"N, 92°46´06"E]; ZSI F.13021, Andaman Sea [11°31´40"N, 92°46´06"E]; BMNH 1891.9.2.2, Andaman Sea [11°31´40"N, 92°46´06"E].
• Malthopsis luteus provocator Whitley, G.P. 1961. New records of fishes from eastern Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1958–59: 66-68 [67].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM IB.4371, off Port Stephens, NSW.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Ho, H.-C. & Shao, K.-T. 2010. Redescription of Malthopsis lutea Alcock, 1891 and resurrection of M. kobayashi Tanaka, 1916 (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae). Journal of the National Taiwan Museum 63(3): 1-18 [2]

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Malthopsis provacotor Whitley, 1961 [CAAB listing as of 26 April 2006].
• Malthopsis lutea Alcock, 1891 [misidentification - regarded M provocator as a junior synonym of Malthopsis lutea]. —
  Paxton, J.R., J.E. Gates, D.J. Bray & D.F. Hoese 2006. Ogcocephalidae. pp. 652-654 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [654]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

North West Shelf, WA, Timor and Arafura Seas, NT and east of Dunk Island (18ºS), QLD to off Eden, NSW (37ºS); tropical, temperate, West Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Central Eastern Transition (15), Northeast Transition (19), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Transition (3)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental slope.

Extra Ecological Information

220-475 m

 

General References

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [58] (2304 as Malthopsis lutea)

 

Common Name References

Paxton, J.R., J.E. Gates, D.J. Bray & D.F. Hoese 2006. Ogcocephalidae. pp. 652-654 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [654] (as Maltheopsis lutea) (Longtnose Seabat)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
25-Jun-2015	LOPHIIFORMES	15-Jul-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)