Malthopsis kobayashii Tanaka, 1916
Kobayashi's triangular batfish
Malthopsis kobayashii
photo by Ho, H.-C.

Family:  Ogcocephalidae (Batfishes)
Max. size:  7.98 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  bathydemersal; marine
Distribution:  Western Pacific: off Japan, Taiwan, Philippines and Australia.
Diagnosis:  Dorsal soft rays (total): 4-6; Anal soft rays: 4-4. This species is characterized by the following: subopercular buckler dull, with few blunt spinelets at its tip; ventral surface is covered with minute prickles; pointed rostrum, directed rather forward than upward; principal bucklers on dorsal surface relatively small and flattened, interspace fully covered by small bucklers and prickles (Ref. 86633).
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 13 August 2019 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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