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Issue: Vol. 3626 No. 1: 12 Mar. 2013
Type: Articles
Published: 2013-03-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3626.1.8
Page range: 188–200
Abstract views: 36
PDF downloaded: 17

Revision of batfishes (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae) of New Zealand and adjacent waters, with description of two new species of the genus Malthopsis

National Museum of Marine Biology & Aquarium; Institute of Marine Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, National Dong Hwa university; No. 2, Houwan Rd., Checheng, Pingtung, 944, Taiwan
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington 6011, New Zealand
Biodiveristy Research Center, Academia Sinica, no. 128, sec. 2, Academia Rd., Nankang, Taipei, 115, Taiwan
Fish Taxonomy batfishes Ogcocephalidae new species new records New Zealand New Caledonia

Abstract

Examination and taxonomic review of the batfishes collected from New Zealand and adjacent waters reveals five nominal species: Halieutopsis bathyoreos and Malthopsis mitrigera are recorded from New Zealand for the first time; the synon-ymy of Halieutaea maoria with H. stellata is confirmed, and two new species are described. Malthopsis asparata sp. nov. is unique in having stout principal bucklers with prominent spines. Malthopsis parva sp. nov. differs from congeners in having a naked abdomen, a short rostral spine directed upward, and all principal bucklers blunt.

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