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Ogcocephalidae (Batfishes)
Etymology: Malthopsis: Greek, malthe, es = a marine fish of soft flesh (Ref. 45335); formosa: Named for the old name of Taiwan = Formosa, meaning beautiful in Portuguese.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino demersal. Subtropical
Northwest Pacific:Taiwan.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.1 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 121638)
Descripción breve
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 5. This species is distinguished by the following characters: numerous small prickle-like bucklers on ventral surface; D 5; pectoral-fin rays 11-12; the rostral spine is directed forward horizontally; principal bucklers on dorsal surface are relatively low, few in number and scattered in arrangement; body densely covered by small prickle-like bucklers; head length 27.1-29.1% SL; posterior tip of appressed anal fin not reaching caudal-fin base (Ref. 121638).
Cross section: flattened.
A rarely seen species in bycatch of bottom trawlers (Ref. 121638)..
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Ho, H.-C. and K. Koeda, 2019. A new Malthopsis batfish from Taiwan, with comments on Malthopsis tiarella Jordan, 1902 (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae). Zootaxa 4702(1):73-86. (Ref. 121638)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: bycatch
Herramientas
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01514 (0.00541 - 0.04235), 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.).
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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