taxonID	type	description	language	source
03C987BE0221FF9BFF3FFE458975FE64.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype. CAS 227226 (72.4 mm SL), R / V Anton Bruun, cruise 9, station 22, 6 ° 51 ’ S, 39 ° 54 ’ E, Tanzania, Western Indian Ocean, 100 m, coll. A. H. Fehlmann, 19 Nov. 1964. Paratypes. CAS 39631 (7 specimens, 35.6 – 70.9 mm SL) and NMMB-P 17824 (1, 59.0), collected with the holotype.	en	Ho, Hsuan-Ching (2013): Two new species of the batfish genus Malthopsis (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae) from the Western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 3716 (2): 289-300, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3716.2.9
03C987BE0221FF9BFF3FFE458975FE64.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. A species of Malthopsis distinguished by the following combination of characters: body covered by blunt, smooth bucklers and numerous prickles; rostrum moderately long (mean 7.7 % SL) and stout, with a broad base, directed forward horizontally; three irregular rows of bucklers on top of head; ventral surface of disk densely covered by prickles and scattered small bucklers, with some slightly larger bucklers on breast; subopercular buckler blunt, without enlarged spines; orbit small (mean 12.4 % SL); interorbital space broad (mean 8.5 % SL), forming a deep groove; OD / RL = 1.3 – 2.2; OD / IO = 1.3 – 1.7; and anal fin reaches or nearly to the caudal-fin base when fully depressed.	en	Ho, Hsuan-Ching (2013): Two new species of the batfish genus Malthopsis (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae) from the Western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 3716 (2): 289-300, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3716.2.9
03C987BE0221FF9BFF3FFE458975FE64.taxon	description	Description. Morphometric and meristic data are provided in Table 1. Values are given for the holotype, followed by the range and / or mean values of all types in parentheses. Body depressed, disk markedly triangular in dorsal view, head elevated above rest of disk; tail base broad; caudal peduncle thick and broad, semi-cylindrical, flattened ventrally and tapering posteriorly; rostrum thick and pointed, directed forward horizontally (Figs. 2 A – B), with a broad base, distinctly overhanging illicial cavity and mouth; rostrum moderately long, 6.2 % SL (6.2 – 9.4 % SL, mean 7.7 % SL), shorter than orbital diameter; orbit small, 13.5 % SL (11.1 – 13.5 % SL, mean 12.4 % SL), eyes directed dorsolaterally; no pupillary operculum; interorbital space wide 8.1 % SL (7.6 – 9.8 % SL, mean 8.5 % SL), forming a deep groove (Fig. 2 A); frontal ridges strongly convex, elevated above the rostral base (Fig. 2 B). Illicial cavity large, triangular, higher than wide; esca a single bulb, bearing 2 small cirri on dorsal margin; mouth small, terminal; small villiform teeth on jaws forming narrow bands, those on fifth ceratobranchial forming 2 large, elongated patches close together; teeth on vomer and palatines in quadrangular patch. Dorsal disk squamation well developed, consisting mainly of blunt, medium-sized, smoothly conical bucklers (Fig. 2 C); interspaces between large bucklers covered by small bucklers and prickles; bucklers on frontal ridge small and blunt, 2 enlarged preorbital bucklers which overlap front border of orbit, upper buckler larger, fused to base of rostrum; usually 4 (4 – 5) smaller, subequal-sized blunt bucklers on supraorbit (Fig. 2 B), not well-elevated from the margin; interorbital space densely covered by small bucklers; supraorbital membrane covered with several irregular rows of small bucklers on upper margin of orbit, naked elsewhere. Dorsal surface of head covered by about 3 irregular rows of 3 or 4 slightly larger bucklers on each row, with many smaller ones adjacent (Fig. 2 A), followed by two irregular median rows of large bucklers predorsally, ending before dorsal-fin origin as a rectangular cluster of 5 large bucklers (Fig. 2 C); shoulder with small scattered naked areas, extending to gill openings and base of pectoral elbows. Disk margin with cluster of suborbital bucklers anteriorly, forming 3 well-defined rows posteriorly; uppermost row of bucklers elevated, broad based; middle and lower rows of bucklers depressed and associated with lateral line, all blunt; bucklers on middle row directed laterally, lower row directed ventrally and inferior; neuromasts well defined. Subopercular buckler enlarged, extended slightly beyond disk margin laterally; terminating on uppermost and middle rows of disk-margin bucklers; small spinelets (variable in size and coverage) at tip of subopercular buckler; two well-defined, blunt, post-subopercular bucklers (Fig. 2 D). Pectoral-fin base at rear of disk; covered dorsally with well-developed bucklers; 4 (3 – 5) fine bucklers over anterior fin ray, naked elsewhere. Dorsal surface of tail strongly armoured, entirely covered with large blunt bucklers; a row of 4 – 5 large dorsolateral bucklers, extending from last pair of predorsal bucklers below dorsal fin; a longer, highly irregular, semi-oblique row of slightly smaller bucklers extending along lateral margin of peduncle to caudal-fin base; a single irregular row of flattened bucklers on dorsal midline before caudal fin; dorsal tail rows uniting to form a single, slightly elevated buckler at caudal-fin base. Lateral margin of tail with two rows of small, low bucklers associated with lateral line, similar in appearance to bucklers of disk margin. Ventral surface of disk predominantly covered with small, flat bucklers; no apical spines on these bucklers; belly densely covered with prickles and scattered small bucklers, some slightly larger on breast than posteiorly (Fig. 2 E); rear margin of anus surrounded by 5 (4 – 5) blunt bucklers; large naked area outside gill chamber; ventral surface of tail with a single regular row of blunt bucklers on each side, coalescing to bulbous buckler at caudal-fin base. Fins generally naked, without bucklers, sometimes with small bucklers on rays near caudal-fin base; interradials of pectoral fins thin, transparent; dermal cirri short, thin, flap-like, present on disk margin and lateral sides of tail and associated with lateral-line neuromasts. Anal fin reaches to or slightly short of caudal-fin base when fully laid back. Coloration. Fresh color unknown. Preserved specimens (Figs. 1 A, C) uniformly creamy yellowish. Holotype and some paratypes with very fine brown reticulations on dorsal surface. Size. A medium-sized species. The largest adult is 72.4 mm SL.	en	Ho, Hsuan-Ching (2013): Two new species of the batfish genus Malthopsis (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae) from the Western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 3716 (2): 289-300, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3716.2.9
03C987BE0221FF9BFF3FFE458975FE64.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Known only from the type series taken off Tanzania at a depth 100 m.	en	Ho, Hsuan-Ching (2013): Two new species of the batfish genus Malthopsis (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae) from the Western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 3716 (2): 289-300, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3716.2.9
03C987BE0221FF9BFF3FFE458975FE64.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species is named after the late Dr. Margaret G. Bradbury, in recognition of her great contribution to our knowledge of batfishes, and her friendship.	en	Ho, Hsuan-Ching (2013): Two new species of the batfish genus Malthopsis (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae) from the Western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 3716 (2): 289-300, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3716.2.9
03C987BE0221FF9BFF3FFE458975FE64.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Malthopsis bradburyae n. sp. belongs to a species group with the ventral surface densely covered by minute prickles (e. g., M. kobayashii, M. tiarella, M. asperata and M. gnoma). It differs from M. tiarella by having 5 – 6 dorsal-fin rays (modally 5, vs. 6 – 7 in M. tiarella), bucklers on body surface blunt and smooth (vs. pointed and rough), and lacking brown bands on the caudal peduncle (vs. bands present on peduncle); from M. kobayashii in its rostral spine directed forward horizontally (vs. directed forward and upward), in having a relatively wide interorbital space (7.6 – 9.8 % SL vs. 6.0 – 7.5 % SL), and bucklers on body surface blunt and smooth (vs. relatively pointed and rough); from M. asperata in having all bucklers blunt (vs. pyramid-like bucklers with spinelets); and from the western Atlantic species, M. gnoma, in lacking gill filaments on the fourth gill arch (vs. filaments on the fourth gill arch); and in the rostral spine directed forward horizontally (vs. upward and forward). It is also similar to M. annulifera from the western Pacific in having the rostral spine directed forward horizontally and principal bucklers on the body are relatively flat and smooth. It can be distinguished from M. annulifera in having ventral surface covered by prickles (vs. no prickles); blunt subopercular bucklers without well-developed spines (vs. 1 well-developed spine directed forward), and lacking ring marks on the dorsal surface (vs. few to more than 20 rings present).	en	Ho, Hsuan-Ching (2013): Two new species of the batfish genus Malthopsis (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae) from the Western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 3716 (2): 289-300, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3716.2.9
03C987BE0225FF94FF3FFE778852FF30.taxon	description	Malthopsis tiarella (non Jordan, 1902): Bradbury 1986: 373.	en	Ho, Hsuan-Ching (2013): Two new species of the batfish genus Malthopsis (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae) from the Western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 3716 (2): 289-300, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3716.2.9
03C987BE0225FF94FF3FFE778852FF30.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype. SAIAB 81896 (70.0 mm SL), 25 ° 23 ’ S, 34 ° 29.3 ’ E, off Mozambique, bottom trawl, 311 – 314 m, 6 Oct. 2007. Paratypes. 16 specimens, 45.2 – 84.0 mm SL. MNHN 1986 - 10 – 11 (2 specimens, 64.8, 75.1 mm SL), N. o. vauban, 23 ° 36 ’ 00 ” S, 43 ° 31 ’ 05 ” E, Madagascar, 395 – 410 m, 26 Feb. 1973. MNHN 1986 - 0019 (1, 84.0), N. o. vauban, 12 ° 43 ’ 01 ” S, 48 ° 15 ’ 00 ” E, Madagascar, 348 – 360 m, 14 Jul. 1971. MNHN 1986 - 91 (1, 53.9), 12 ° 30 ’ 00 ” S, 48 ° 13 ’ 59 ” E, 410 m, 11 Oct. 1974. MNHN 1986 - 0124 (1, 65.6), 13 ° 45 ’ 07 ” S, 47 ° 38 ’ 02 ” E, 430 – 700 m, 28 Feb. 1975. SAIAB 13721 (1, 47.5), 31 ° 59 ’ S, 29 ° 09 ’ E, Coffee Bay lagoon, Eastern Cape, South Africa, 23 Aug. 1973. SAIAB 28477 (2, 45.2, 66.0), S of Maputo, Mozambique, Dec. 1987. SAIAB 48433 (1, 47.3), Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, South Africa, 28 Feb. 1995. SAIAB 81903 (2, 53.4 – 54.4), 25 ° 5.5 ’ S, 35 ° 18.4 ’ E, off Mozambique, 347 – 353 m, 7 Oct. 2007. SAIAB 186428 (1, 58.6), 29 ° 10.49 ’ S, 32 ° 5.27 ’ E, off Dokodweni, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 248 – 251 m, 21 Mar. 2010. SAIAB 188875 (2, 56.0 – 58.0), northern Madagascar, 8 Aug. 2009. SAIAB 188811 (2, 63.8 – 67.0), 29 ° 10.32 ’ S, 32 ° 5.37 ’ E, Tugela Deep, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 250 m, 18 Aug. 2010.	en	Ho, Hsuan-Ching (2013): Two new species of the batfish genus Malthopsis (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae) from the Western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 3716 (2): 289-300, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3716.2.9
03C987BE0225FF94FF3FFE778852FF30.taxon	description	Non-types. 22 specimens, 31.5 – 70.0 mm SL. MNHN 1986 - 8 (1, 31.5), N. o. Vauban, 12 ° 40 ’ 01 ” S, 48 ° 18 ’ 00 ” E, Madagascar, 185 – 190 m, 1 Aug. 1973. MNHN 1986 - 22 (1, 53.5), N. o. Vauban, 12 ° 52 ’ 05 ” S, 48 ° 10 ’ 05 ” E, Madagascar, 400 – 410 m, 4 Mar. 1971. MNHN 1986 - 57 (1, 41.4), N. o. Vauban, 12 ° 33 ’ 07 ” S, 48 ° 17 ’ 02 ” E, Madagascar, 355 – 265 m, 18 Jan. 1972. MNHN 1986 - 58 (1, 55.7), N. o. Vauban, 22 ° 21 ’ 07 ” S, 43 ° 04 ’ 05 ” E, Madagascar, 450 m, 27 Nov. 1973. MNHN 1986 - 79 – 90 (12, 45.8 – 70.0), N. o. Vauban, 12 ° 30 ’ 00 ” S, 48 ° 13 ’ 59 ” E, Madagascar, 410 m, 11 Oct. 1974. MNHN 1986 - 92 – 93 (2, 48.3, 51.9), N. o. Vauban, 12 ° 30 ’ 00 ” S, 48 ° 13 ’ 59 ” E, Madagascar, 410 m, 11 Oct. 1974. MNHN 1986 - 0116 (1, 61.9), N. o. Vauban, 12 ° 52 ’ 01 ” S, 48 ° 10 ’ 05 ” E, Madagascar, 420 – 428 m, 4 Mar. 1971. MNHN 1988 - 1573 (1, 34.8), N. o. Vauban, 15 ° 19 ’ 59 ” S, 46 ° 11 ’ 02 ” E, Madagascar, 170 – 175 m, 19 Jan. 1975. SAIAB 4632 (1, 42.5), 29 ° 51 ’ S, 31 ° E, off Durban, KwaZulu- Natal, South Africa, no date. SAIAB 28266 (1, 40.0), 33 ° 31 ’ S, 27 ° 06 ’ E, Great Fish River mouth, Eastern Cape, South Africa, 27 Jan. 1988 [dried out].	en	Ho, Hsuan-Ching (2013): Two new species of the batfish genus Malthopsis (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae) from the Western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 3716 (2): 289-300, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3716.2.9
03C987BE0225FF94FF3FFE778852FF30.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. A species of Malthopsis distinguished by the following combination of characters: body covered by conical bucklers and numerous prickles; rostrum long (mean 8.3 % SL) and stout, pointed, with a broad base, directed forward horizontally; 3 irregular rows of bucklers on top of head; ventral surface of disk densely covered by prickles and small flat bucklers, some slightly larger and denser bucklers on breast than on belly; subopercular buckler blunt, without well-developed spines; orbit small (mean 12.5 % SL); both post-subopercular bucklers with small spinelets on the tips; interorbital space broad (mean 8.4 % SL), forming a deep groove; OD / RL = 1.1 – 1.9; OD / IO = 1.3 – 1.7; anal fin reaches to or beyond the caudal-fin base when depressed.	en	Ho, Hsuan-Ching (2013): Two new species of the batfish genus Malthopsis (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae) from the Western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 3716 (2): 289-300, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3716.2.9
03C987BE0225FF94FF3FFE778852FF30.taxon	description	Description. Body depressed, disk markedly triangular in dorsal view, cranium elevated above rest of disk; tail base narrow; caudal peduncle very strong and broad, semi-cylindrical, flattened ventrally and tapering posteriorly; rostrum pointed, strong, with a broad base, directed forward horizontally (Figs. 5 A – B), distinctly overhanging illicial cavity and mouth; rostrum long, 9.4 % SL (6.0 – 10.7 % SL, mean 8.3 % SL), much shorter than orbital diameter; orbit small, 12.1 % SL (10.7 – 14.5 % SL, mean 12.5 % SL), directed dorsolaterally; no pupillary operculum; interorbital space wide 9.4 % SL (7.4 9.7 % SL, mean 8.4 % SL), forming a deep groove (Fig. 5 A); frontal ridge slightly convex. Illicial cavity small, oval, as high as wide; esca a single bulb, bearing 2 small cirri on dorsal margin; mouth small, terminal; small villiform teeth on jaws forming narrow bands, those on fifth ceratobranchial forming 2 large, elongated, adjacent patches; teeth on vomer and palatines in quadrangular patch. Squamation on dorsal disk well developed, consisting mainly of low, pointed, conical, variable-sized bucklers (Fig. 5 C), interspaces between large bucklers covered by small bucklers and prickles; bucklers on frontal ridge small and blunt, two enlarged preorbital bucklers which overlap anterior border of orbit, upper buckler larger, fused to base of rostrum, with rostral spine forming a trident; usually 5 smaller, subequal-sized bucklers on supraorbit (Fig. 5 B); interorbital space densely covered by small bucklers; supraorbital membrane covered with 2 (2 – 3) rows of small bucklers on upper margin of orbit, naked elsewhere. Dorsal surface of cranium covered by 3 (2 – 3) regular rows of bucklers, two outer rows with 3 (2 – 3) large bucklers on each, those on median row smaller, usually with a few smaller ones adjacent (Fig. 5 A); shoulder with small naked areas, extending to gill openings and base of pectoral elbows; two irregular median rows of large bucklers predorsally, ending before dorsal-fin origin as a rectangular cluster of 5 large bucklers (Fig. 5 C). Disk margin with a cluster of suborbital bucklers anteriorly, forming three well-defined rows posteriorly; uppermost row of bucklers elevated, slightly pointed, broad based; middle and lower rows of bucklers depressed, associated with lateral line, apices elevated; on median row directed laterally, on lower row directed ventrally; neuromasts well defined. Subopercular buckler enlarged, extended slightly beyond disk margin laterally; terminating on uppermost and middle rows of disk-margin bucklers; smaller spinelets (variable in size and coverage) at its tip (Fig. 5 D); two well-defined, post-subopercular bucklers, each bearing small spinelets. Pectoralfin base on rear part of disk; covered dorsally with well-developed conical bucklers; 4 (3 – 5) fine bucklers over anterior fin ray, naked elsewhere. Dorsal surface of tail strongly armoured, entirely covered with large, elevated, apically pointed bucklers; a row of 4 – 5 large dorsolateral bucklers extending from last pair of predorsal bucklers below dorsal fin; a longer, highly irregular, semi-oblique row of slightly smaller bucklers along lateral margin of tail to caudal-fin base; an irregular row of flattened bucklers on dorsal midline before caudal fin; dorsal tail rows uniting to form a single, slightly elevated buckler at its base. Lateral margin of tail with two rows of small, low bucklers associated with lateral line, similar to those of disk margin. Ventral surface of disk predominantly covered with low, flat bucklers; no apical spines on each buckler; belly densely covered with prickles and small bucklers, some slightly larger and denser on breast than on belly (Fig. 5 E); rear margin of anus surrounded by 7 (6 – 7) flat bucklers; a large naked area present outside gill chamber in holotype and some paratypes (smaller naked areas in some paratypes); ventral surface of tail with a regular row of conical bucklers on each side, coalescing to a bulbous buckler at caudal-fin base. Fins generally naked, without bucklers, sometimes with small bucklers on rays near caudal-fin base; interradials of pectoral fins thin, transparent; dermal cirri short, thin, flap-like, present on disk margin and lateral sides of tail associated with lateral-line neuromasts. Coloration. When fresh (Figs. 3 A – B, 4), dorsal surface uniformly yellowish brown in holotype, with some deeper patches or small dots on dorsal surface and lateral sides of disk and tail in paratypes; dorsal surface of pectoral fin pale brownish; dorsal fin coloured as surrounding background; ventral surface uniformly pale; pelvic and anal fins pale; caudal fin pale, with light brownish base, a pale ventral margin and broad brownish band in rear portion; cirri along lateral disk and tail bright white. When preserved (Fig. 3 C), dorsal surface uniformly brownish, bucklers pale yellowish to medium brown; no brown patches on dorsal surface of holotype, some paratypes with a small irregular dark brown patch on each shoulder and some paratypes have one additional patch at front margin of gill opening; one paratype with many small spots running from anterior shoulder to gill opening; naked areas on shoulder often paler; a light brown patch on each disk margin and lateral side of tail of holotype; 2 – 3 patches on each disk margin and lateral side of tail in paratypes; eyelid dark blue; eye black; peritoneum pale with few small scattered dots; dermal cirri white; caudal fin pale with broad band on rear of caudal fin; pectoral fin of holotype pale, with a broad band on outer margin in some paratypes; ventral and anal fins of holotype pale, with black margin in some paratypes.	en	Ho, Hsuan-Ching (2013): Two new species of the batfish genus Malthopsis (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae) from the Western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 3716 (2): 289-300, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3716.2.9
03C987BE0225FF94FF3FFE778852FF30.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Known from off South Africa (Dokodweni, Port Alfred, Durban, Coffee Bay), Maputo, Mozambique, and Madagascar. Bathymetric range 170 – 428 m, with a paratype collected from a lagoon, which might be stranded and another paratype collected from a depth between 430 – 700 m. This species is likely endemic to the southwestern Indian Ocean. Size. A medium-sized species, the largest adult to 84.0 mm SL.	en	Ho, Hsuan-Ching (2013): Two new species of the batfish genus Malthopsis (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae) from the Western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 3716 (2): 289-300, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3716.2.9
03C987BE0225FF94FF3FFE778852FF30.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Named for southern Africa, the area from which the type series was collected.	en	Ho, Hsuan-Ching (2013): Two new species of the batfish genus Malthopsis (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae) from the Western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 3716 (2): 289-300, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3716.2.9
03C987BE0225FF94FF3FFE778852FF30.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Specimens of Malthopsis austrafricana n. sp. were identified as M. tiarella by Bradbury (in Smith & Heemstra 1986), indicating the similarity of their general appearance. It differs from M. tiarella by having 4 – 5 dorsal-fin rays (vs. 6 – 7); a very strong tail (vs. thinner); and relatively strong bucklers on its dorsal surface. It differs from M. kobayashii in the rostral spine directed forward horizontally (vs. directed forward and upward) and a relatively wide interorbital space (7.4 – 9.7 % SL vs. 6.0 – 7.5 % SL); from M. asperata in having lower bucklers (vs. pyramid-like bucklers with spinelets); and from the western Atlantic species, M. gnoma, in lacking gill filaments on the fourth gill arch (vs. filaments present on the fourth gill arch) and in the rostral spine directed forward horizontally (vs. rather than upward). A specimen collected from New Zealand (NMNZ P. 052283, 72.8 mm SL) is tentatively identified as M. austrafricana. However, more specimens are needed to verify the status of the New Zealand population. Discussion Bradbury (in Smith & Heemstra 1986) recorded three species of Malthopsis from South Africa: M. lutea, M. mitrigera and M. tiarella. The presence of M. mitrigera in the WIO is confirmed from specimens taken off South Africa. However, the other two species do not occur in the WIO. Bradbury (op. cit.: 372) mentioned in the key to species that M. lutea and M. tiarella have “ ventral surface of disc with scales in form of minute tubercles ” (= minute prickles in present study) and “ bucklers may be scattered over ventral surface of disc …. ” Ho & Shao (2010 a) reviewed M. lutea and found ventral surface covered with small bucklers and naked elsewhere, which indicates that the account of M. lutea is another species. Also, Bradbury (op. cit.: 373) reported that her specimen of M. tiarella has 4 or 5 dorsal-fin rays, which differs from the count of 6 or 7 rays for M. tiarella given by Jordan (1902) and Nakabo (2002). Examination of specimens deposited at SAIAB revealed that specimens identified as Malthopsis lutea were actually M. gigas and those of M. tiarella are described as M. austrafricana in the present work. In summary, five species of Malthopsis are now known from the WIO, and the number is lower than I suspect for the area. With two new species described, we may expect more species will be discovered in the future because there are still large area in the WIO without detailed explorations.	en	Ho, Hsuan-Ching (2013): Two new species of the batfish genus Malthopsis (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae) from the Western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 3716 (2): 289-300, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3716.2.9
