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<emphasis id="B914EABA0225FF9BFF3FFE778AECFDD1" bold="true" box="[151,457,511,537]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="294">Malthopsis austrafricana</emphasis>
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English name: Southern African triangular batfish
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A–C, 4, 5A–E;
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<emphasis id="B914EABA0225FF9BFF3FFD068A64FD6C" box="[151,321,654,676]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="294">Malthopsis lutea</emphasis>
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(
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Alcock, 1891): Smith 1961: 573.
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<emphasis id="B914EABA0225FF9BFF3FFD258A7DFD0B" box="[151,344,685,707]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="294">Malthopsis tiarella</emphasis>
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(
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, 1902): Bradbury 1986: 373.
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.
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SAIAB 81896 (70.0 mm SL),
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, off
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, bottom trawl,
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, 45.2–84.0 mm SL. MNHN
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(
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, 64.8,
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SL), N.o.vauban,
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,
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<collectingCountry id="F37776380225FF9BFDF7FCD489CDFCBD" box="[607,744,860,885]" name="Madagascar" pageId="5" pageNumber="294">Madagascar</collectingCountry>
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<quantity id="4C989B4D0225FF9BFD51FCD488A5FCBC" box="[761,896,860,885]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.025" metricValueMax="4.1" metricValueMin="3.95" pageId="5" pageNumber="294" unit="m" value="402.5" valueMax="410.0" valueMin="395.0">395–410 m</quantity>
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. MNHN 1986-0019 (1, 84.0), N.o.vauban,
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<collectingCountry id="F37776380225FF9BFDC5FCF789D3FC50" box="[621,758,895,920]" name="Madagascar" pageId="5" pageNumber="294">Madagascar</collectingCountry>
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,
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<quantity id="4C989B4D0225FF9BFCA4FCF788B2FC5F" box="[780,919,895,920]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.54" metricValueMax="3.6" metricValueMin="3.4799999999999995" pageId="5" pageNumber="294" unit="m" value="354.0" valueMax="360.0" valueMin="348.0">348–360 m</quantity>
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<date id="FFDE10680225FF9BFC06FC088F1AFC50" box="[942,1087,895,920]" pageId="5" pageNumber="294" value="1971-07-14">14 Jul.1971</date>
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. MNHN
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<date id="FFDE10680225FF9BFB14FCF78E3CFC50" box="[1212,1305,895,920]" pageId="5" pageNumber="294" value="1986" valueMax="1991">1986-91</date>
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(1, 53.9),
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<quantity id="4C989B4D0225FF9BFE69FC2C8929FC74" box="[449,524,932,956]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.1" pageId="5" pageNumber="294" unit="m" value="410.0">410 m</quantity>
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,
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<date id="FFDE10680225FF9BFDB2FC2C8997FC74" box="[538,690,932,956]" pageId="5" pageNumber="294" value="1974-10-11">11 Oct. 1974</date>
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. MNHN 1986-0124 (1, 65.6),
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<quantity id="4C989B4D0225FF9BFA92FC2C8B8AFC17" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.65" metricValueMax="7.0" metricValueMin="4.3" pageId="5" pageNumber="294" unit="m" value="565.0" valueMax="700.0" valueMin="430.0">430–700 m</quantity>
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,
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<date id="FFDE10680225FF9BFF14FC408A70FC28" box="[188,341,967,992]" pageId="5" pageNumber="294" value="1975-02-28">28 Feb. 1975</date>
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. SAIAB 13721 (1, 47.5),
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, Coffee Bay lagoon, Eastern Cape,
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<collectingCountry id="F37776380225FF9BFB77FC4F8E56FC28" box="[1247,1395,967,992]" name="South Africa" pageId="5" pageNumber="294">South Africa</collectingCountry>
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,
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<date id="FFDE10680225FF9BFA28FC408A36FBCC" pageId="5" pageNumber="294" value="1973-08-23">23 Aug. 1973</date>
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. SAIAB 28477 (2, 45.2, 66.0), S of Maputo,
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<collectingCountry id="F37776380225FF9BFC8BFC64889FFBCD" box="[803,954,1004,1029]" name="Mozambique" pageId="5" pageNumber="294">Mozambique</collectingCountry>
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,
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<date id="FFDE10680225FF9BFC6FFC658F65FBCC" box="[967,1088,1004,1028]" pageId="5" pageNumber="294" value="1987-12">Dec. 1987</date>
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. SAIAB 48433 (1, 47.3), Port Alfred, Eastern Cape,
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,
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<date id="FFDE10680225FF9BFDFAFB9889D2FBE0" box="[594,759,1039,1064]" pageId="5" pageNumber="294" value="1995-02-28">28 Feb. 1995</date>
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. SAIAB 81903 (2, 53.4–54.4),
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,
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, off
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,
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<quantity id="4C989B4D0225FF9BFEE8FBBC8AECFB84" box="[320,457,1076,1101]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.5" metricValueMax="3.53" metricValueMin="3.47" pageId="5" pageNumber="294" unit="m" value="350.0" valueMax="353.0" valueMin="347.0">347–353 m</quantity>
|
||
,
|
||
<date id="FFDE10680225FF9BFE74FBBD8956FB84" box="[476,627,1076,1100]" pageId="5" pageNumber="294" value="2007-10-07">7 Oct. 2007</date>
|
||
. SAIAB 186428 (1, 58.6),
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="EE54506F0225FF9BFC6EFBBC8F6DFB84" box="[966,1096,1076,1100]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="5" pageNumber="294" precision="9" value="-29.174833">29°10.49’S</geoCoordinate>
|
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,
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<geoCoordinate id="EE54506F0225FF9BFBF3FBBC8FF5FB85" box="[1115,1232,1076,1101]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="5" pageNumber="294" precision="9" value="32.087833">32°5.27’E</geoCoordinate>
|
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, off Dokodweni, KwaZulu-Natal,
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F37776380225FF9BFEFDFBDF8ACFFBB8" box="[341,490,1111,1136]" name="South Africa" pageId="5" pageNumber="294">South Africa</collectingCountry>
|
||
,
|
||
<quantity id="4C989B4D0225FF9BFE5DFBDF8952FBA7" box="[501,631,1111,1136]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.495" metricValueMax="2.51" metricValueMin="2.48" pageId="5" pageNumber="294" unit="m" value="249.5" valueMax="251.0" valueMin="248.0">248–251 m</quantity>
|
||
,
|
||
<date id="FFDE10680225FF9BFD2CFBD08805FBB8" box="[644,800,1112,1136]" pageId="5" pageNumber="294" value="2010-03-21">21 Mar. 2010</date>
|
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. SAIAB 188875 (2, 56.0–58.0), northern
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F37776380225FF9BFB51FBDF8EA7FBB8" box="[1273,1410,1111,1136]" name="Madagascar" pageId="5" pageNumber="294">Madagascar</collectingCountry>
|
||
,
|
||
<date id="FFDE10680225FF9BFA26FBD08A31FB5C" pageId="5" pageNumber="294" value="2009-08-08">8 Aug. 2009</date>
|
||
. SAIAB 188811 (2, 63.8–67.0),
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="EE54506F0225FF9BFD25FBF4882AFB5C" box="[653,783,1148,1172]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="5" pageNumber="294" precision="9" value="-29.172">29°10.32’S</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="EE54506F0225FF9BFCB5FBF488B7FB5D" box="[797,914,1148,1173]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="5" pageNumber="294" precision="9" value="32.0895">32°5.37’E</geoCoordinate>
|
||
, Tugela Deep, KwaZulu-Natal,
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F37776380225FF9BFAAAFBF48EBDFB5D" box="[1282,1432,1148,1173]" name="South Africa" pageId="5" pageNumber="294">South Africa</collectingCountry>
|
||
,
|
||
<quantity id="4C989B4D0225FF9BFF3FFB178BC5FB7F" box="[151,224,1183,1208]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.5" pageId="5" pageNumber="294" unit="m" value="250.0">250 m</quantity>
|
||
,
|
||
<date id="FFDE10680225FF9BFF44FB288AACFB70" box="[236,393,1184,1208]" pageId="5" pageNumber="294" value="2010-08-18">18 Aug. 2010</date>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C37A65230225FF9BFF6FFB4C896DF98C" pageId="5" pageNumber="294" type="description">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDF36A80225FF9BFF6FFB4C896DF98C" blockId="5.[151,1436,751,2037]" pageId="5" pageNumber="294">
|
||
<emphasis id="B914EABA0225FF9BFF6FFB4C8A65FB15" bold="true" box="[199,320,1220,1245]" pageId="5" pageNumber="294">Non-types</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<specimenCount id="9D66FD210225FF9BFEF2FB4C8ADAFB15" box="[346,511,1220,1245]" pageId="5" pageNumber="294" type="generic">22 specimens</specimenCount>
|
||
, 31.5–70.0 mm SL. MNHN 1986-8 (1, 31.5), N.o. Vauban,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="EE54506F0225FF9BFAB8FB4C8EB2FB14" box="[1296,1431,1220,1244]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="5" pageNumber="294" precision="15" value="-12.6669445">12°40’01”S</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="EE54506F0225FF9BFF3FFB608A05FAC8" box="[151,288,1256,1280]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="5" pageNumber="294" precision="15" value="48.3">48°18’00”E</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F37776380225FF9BFE9BFB6F8A99FAC8" box="[307,444,1255,1280]" name="Madagascar" pageId="5" pageNumber="294">Madagascar</collectingCountry>
|
||
,
|
||
<quantity id="4C989B4D0225FF9BFE66FB6F8972FAC8" box="[462,599,1255,1280]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.875" metricValueMax="1.9" metricValueMin="1.85" pageId="5" pageNumber="294" unit="m" value="187.5" valueMax="190.0" valueMin="185.0">185–190 m</quantity>
|
||
,
|
||
<date id="FFDE10680225FF9BFDC3FB60882DFAC8" box="[619,776,1256,1280]" pageId="5" pageNumber="294" value="1973-08-01">1 Aug. 1973</date>
|
||
. MNHN 1986-22 (1, 53.5), N.o. Vauban,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="EE54506F0225FF9BFAB8FB6F8EB2FAC8" box="[1296,1431,1255,1280]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="5" pageNumber="294" precision="15" value="-12.868055">12°52’05”S</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="EE54506F0225FF9BFF3FFA848A05FAED" box="[151,288,1292,1317]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="5" pageNumber="294" precision="15" value="48.168056">48°10’05”E</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F37776380225FF9BFE9BFA848A99FAED" box="[307,444,1292,1317]" name="Madagascar" pageId="5" pageNumber="294">Madagascar</collectingCountry>
|
||
,
|
||
<quantity id="4C989B4D0225FF9BFE67FA84897DFAEC" box="[463,600,1292,1316]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.05" metricValueMax="4.1" metricValueMin="4.0" pageId="5" pageNumber="294" unit="m" value="405.0" valueMax="410.0" valueMin="400.0">400–410 m</quantity>
|
||
,
|
||
<date id="FFDE10680225FF9BFDC4FA848823FAEC" box="[620,774,1292,1316]" pageId="5" pageNumber="294" value="1971-03-04">4 Mar. 1971</date>
|
||
. MNHN 1986-57 (1, 41.4), N.o. Vauban,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="EE54506F0225FF9BFAB8FA848EB2FAEC" box="[1296,1431,1292,1316]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="5" pageNumber="294" precision="15" value="-12.551945">12°33’07”S</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="EE54506F0225FF9BFF3FFAB88A05FA80" box="[151,288,1328,1352]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="5" pageNumber="294" precision="15" value="48.28389">48°17’02”E</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F37776380225FF9BFE9AFAA78A9EFA80" box="[306,443,1327,1352]" name="Madagascar" pageId="5" pageNumber="294">Madagascar</collectingCountry>
|
||
, 355–
|
||
<quantity id="4C989B4D0225FF9BFDAEFAA78973FA80" box="[518,598,1327,1352]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.65" pageId="5" pageNumber="294" unit="m" value="265.0">265 m</quantity>
|
||
,
|
||
<date id="FFDE10680225FF9BFDC2FAB8882EFA80" box="[618,779,1328,1352]" pageId="5" pageNumber="294" value="1972-01-18">18 Jan. 1972</date>
|
||
. MNHN 1986-58 (1, 55.7), N.o. Vauban,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="EE54506F0225FF9BFAB8FAB88EB2FA80" box="[1296,1431,1328,1352]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="5" pageNumber="294" precision="15" value="-22.351944">22°21’07”S</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="EE54506F0225FF9BFF3FFADC8A3AFAA5" box="[151,287,1364,1389]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="5" pageNumber="294" precision="15" value="43.068054">43°04’05”E</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F37776380225FF9BFE85FADC8A93FAA5" box="[301,438,1364,1389]" name="Madagascar" pageId="5" pageNumber="294">Madagascar</collectingCountry>
|
||
,
|
||
<quantity id="4C989B4D0225FF9BFE6BFADC892BFAA4" box="[451,526,1364,1389]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.5" pageId="5" pageNumber="294" unit="m" value="450.0">450 m</quantity>
|
||
,
|
||
<date id="FFDE10680225FF9BFDB3FADC899CFAA4" box="[539,697,1364,1388]" pageId="5" pageNumber="294" value="1973-11-27">27 Nov. 1973</date>
|
||
. MNHN 1986-79–90 (12, 45.8–70.0), N.o. Vauban,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="EE54506F0225FF9BFAB8FADC8EB2FAA4" box="[1296,1431,1364,1388]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="5" pageNumber="294" precision="15" value="-12.5">12°30’00”S</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="EE54506F0225FF9BFF3FFAFF8A3AFA58" box="[151,287,1399,1424]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="5" pageNumber="294" precision="15" value="48.233055">48°13’59”E</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F37776380225FF9BFE86FAFF8A92FA58" box="[302,439,1399,1424]" name="Madagascar" pageId="5" pageNumber="294">Madagascar</collectingCountry>
|
||
,
|
||
<quantity id="4C989B4D0225FF9BFE6DFAF08937FA58" box="[453,530,1400,1424]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.1" pageId="5" pageNumber="294" unit="m" value="410.0">410 m</quantity>
|
||
,
|
||
<date id="FFDE10680225FF9BFD89FAF08999FA58" box="[545,700,1400,1424]" pageId="5" pageNumber="294" value="1974-10-11">11 Oct. 1974</date>
|
||
. MNHN
|
||
<date id="FFDE10680225FF9BFC81FAFF88A3FA58" box="[809,902,1399,1424]" pageId="5" pageNumber="294" value="1986" valueMax="1992">1986-92</date>
|
||
–93 (2, 48.3, 51.9), N.o. Vauban,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="EE54506F0225FF9BFAB8FAF08EB2FA58" box="[1296,1431,1400,1424]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="5" pageNumber="294" precision="15" value="-12.5">12°30’00”S</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="EE54506F0225FF9BFF3FFA148A3AFA7D" box="[151,287,1436,1461]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="5" pageNumber="294" precision="15" value="48.233055">48°13’59”E</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F37776380225FF9BFE9CFA148A98FA7D" box="[308,445,1436,1461]" name="Madagascar" pageId="5" pageNumber="294">Madagascar</collectingCountry>
|
||
,
|
||
<quantity id="4C989B4D0225FF9BFE7AFA148901FA7C" box="[466,548,1436,1460]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.1" pageId="5" pageNumber="294" unit="m" value="410.0">410 m</quantity>
|
||
,
|
||
<date id="FFDE10680225FF9BFD92FA1489C4FA7C" box="[570,737,1436,1460]" pageId="5" pageNumber="294" value="1974-10-11">11 Oct. 1974</date>
|
||
. MNHN 1986-0116 (1, 61.9), N.o. Vauban,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="EE54506F0225FF9BFAB8FA148EB2FA7D" box="[1296,1431,1436,1461]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="5" pageNumber="294" precision="15" value="-12.866944">12°52’01”S</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="EE54506F0225FF9BFF3FFA378A05FA10" box="[151,288,1471,1496]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="5" pageNumber="294" precision="15" value="48.168056">48°10’05”E</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F37776380225FF9BFE9AFA378A9EFA10" box="[306,443,1471,1496]" name="Madagascar" pageId="5" pageNumber="294">Madagascar</collectingCountry>
|
||
,
|
||
<quantity id="4C989B4D0225FF9BFE64FA488971FA10" box="[460,596,1472,1496]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.24" metricValueMax="4.279999999999999" metricValueMin="4.2" pageId="5" pageNumber="294" unit="m" value="424.0" valueMax="428.0" valueMin="420.0">420–428 m</quantity>
|
||
,
|
||
<date id="FFDE10680225FF9BFDCFFA488825FA10" box="[615,768,1472,1496]" pageId="5" pageNumber="294" value="1971-03-04">4 Mar. 1971</date>
|
||
. MNHN 1988-1573 (1, 34.8), N.o. Vauban,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="EE54506F0225FF9BFAB4FA378EBDFA10" box="[1308,1432,1471,1496]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="5" pageNumber="294" precision="15" value="-15.3330555">15°19’59”S</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="EE54506F0225FF9BFF3FFA6C8A3AFA35" box="[151,287,1508,1533]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="5" pageNumber="294" precision="15" value="46.18389">46°11’02”E</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F37776380225FF9BFE82FA6C8A96FA35" box="[298,435,1508,1533]" name="Madagascar" pageId="5" pageNumber="294">Madagascar</collectingCountry>
|
||
,
|
||
<quantity id="4C989B4D0225FF9BFE16FA6C891AFA34" box="[446,575,1508,1533]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.725" metricValueMax="1.75" metricValueMin="1.7" pageId="5" pageNumber="294" unit="m" value="172.5" valueMax="175.0" valueMin="170.0">170–175 m</quantity>
|
||
,
|
||
<date id="FFDE10680225FF9BFDE3FA6C89F9FA35" box="[587,732,1508,1533]" pageId="5" pageNumber="294" value="1975-01-19">19 Jan. 1975</date>
|
||
. SAIAB 4632 (1, 42.5),
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="EE54506F0225FF9BFC47FA6C8F68FA35" box="[1007,1101,1508,1533]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="5" pageNumber="294" precision="925" value="-29.85">29°51’S</geoCoordinate>
|
||
, 31°E, off Durban, KwaZulu-
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F37776380225FF9BFF3FF98F8BF2F9E8" box="[151,215,1543,1568]" name="South Africa" pageId="5" pageNumber="294">Natal</collectingCountry>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F37776380225FF9BFF4BF98F8A5DF9E8" box="[227,376,1543,1568]" name="South Africa" pageId="5" pageNumber="294">South Africa</collectingCountry>
|
||
, no date. SAIAB 28266 (1, 40.0),
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="EE54506F0225FF9BFCAEF9808841F9E8" box="[774,868,1544,1568]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="5" pageNumber="294" precision="925" value="-33.516666">33°31’S</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="EE54506F0225FF9BFCDAF98F88F6F9E8" box="[882,979,1543,1568]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="5" pageNumber="294" precision="925" value="27.1">27°06’E</geoCoordinate>
|
||
, Great Fish River mouth, Eastern Cape,
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F37776380225FF9BFF3FF9A48A0FF98D" box="[151,298,1580,1605]" name="South Africa" pageId="5" pageNumber="294">South Africa</collectingCountry>
|
||
,
|
||
<date id="FFDE10680225FF9BFE9CF9A48AE6F98C" box="[308,451,1580,1604]" pageId="5" pageNumber="294" value="1988-01-27">27 Jan. 1988</date>
|
||
[dried out].
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C37A65230225FF9BFF6FF9C78F60F888" pageId="5" pageNumber="294" type="diagnosis">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDF36A80225FF9BFF6FF9C78F60F888" blockId="5.[151,1436,751,2037]" pageId="5" pageNumber="294">
|
||
<emphasis id="B914EABA0225FF9BFF6FF9C78A64F9A0" bold="true" box="[199,321,1615,1640]" pageId="5" pageNumber="294">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
|
||
A species of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C604D2B0225FF9BFE7EF9C78976F9A0" box="[470,595,1615,1640]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ogcocephalidae" genus="Malthopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lophiiformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="294" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B914EABA0225FF9BFE7EF9C78976F9A0" box="[470,595,1615,1640]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="294">Malthopsis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
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.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C37A65230225FF97FF6FF8C48F41FC48" lastPageId="9" lastPageNumber="298" pageId="5" pageNumber="294" type="description">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDF36A80225FF98FF6FF8C48AF9FF1C" blockId="5.[151,1436,751,2037]" lastBlockId="6.[151,1436,151,213]" lastPageId="6" lastPageNumber="295" pageId="5" pageNumber="294">
|
||
<emphasis id="B914EABA0225FF9BFF6FF8C48A7DF8AD" bold="true" box="[199,344,1868,1893]" pageId="5" pageNumber="294">Description.</emphasis>
|
||
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 (
|
||
<figureCitation id="135B2A2D0225FF9BFC54F81C8F69F865" box="[1020,1100,1940,1965]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="8.[151,250,1936,1958]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,542,1911]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[151,1436,542,1928]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 5. Close-up view of body portions of Malthopsis austrafricana n. sp., from the holotype. A. Dorsal view of head. B. Lateral view of head. C. Dorsolateral view of dorsal surface between dorsal fin and cranium. D. Dorsal view of right disk. E. Ventral surface of central portion of disk. Anterior to left in Figs. A, D, E. Anterior to right in Figs. B, C. Not to scale." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/223742/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="294">Figs. 5</figureCitation>
|
||
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 (
|
||
<figureCitation id="135B2A2D0226FF98FA99FF1F8E52FF78" box="[1329,1399,151,176]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="8.[151,250,1936,1958]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,542,1911]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[151,1436,542,1928]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 5. Close-up view of body portions of Malthopsis austrafricana n. sp., from the holotype. A. Dorsal view of head. B. Lateral view of head. C. Dorsolateral view of dorsal surface between dorsal fin and cranium. D. Dorsal view of right disk. E. Ventral surface of central portion of disk. Anterior to left in Figs. A, D, E. Anterior to right in Figs. B, C. Not to scale." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/223742/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="295">Fig. 5</figureCitation>
|
||
A); frontal ridge slightly convex.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<caption id="DF1F66200226FF98FF3FF83E8F09F838" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/223740/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="295" targetBox="[309,1282,294,1973]" targetPageId="6">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDF36A80226FF98FF3FF83E8F09F838" blockId="6.[151,1435,1972,2032]" pageId="6" pageNumber="295">
|
||
<emphasis id="B914EABA0226FF98FF3FF83E8A36F805" bold="true" box="[151,275,1972,1997]" pageId="6" pageNumber="295">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C604D2B0226FF98FEB1F83E893FF804" box="[281,538,1974,1996]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ogcocephalidae" genus="Malthopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lophiiformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="295" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="austrafricana" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="B914EABA0226FF98FEB1F83E893FF804" box="[281,538,1974,1996]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="295">Malthopsis austrafricana</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22757C10226FF98FD88F83F8972F804" box="[544,599,1975,1996]" pageId="6" pageNumber="295" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
, holotype, SAIAB 81896, 70.0 mm SL. A. Dorsal view, fresh condition. B. Ventral view, fresh condition. C. Dorsal view, preserved condition. A, B. Photo by P. C. Heemstra.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<caption id="DF1F66200227FF99FF3FFA9B8AA8FAAE" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/223741/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="296" targetBox="[399,1192,225,1251]" targetPageId="7">
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||
<paragraph id="8BDF36A80227FF99FF3FFA9B8AA8FAAE" blockId="7.[151,1436,1299,1382]" pageId="7" pageNumber="296">
|
||
<emphasis id="B914EABA0227FF99FF3FFA9B8A31FAE1" bold="true" box="[151,276,1299,1321]" pageId="7" pageNumber="296">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
|
||
Paratypes of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C604D2B0227FF99FE0BFA9B8980FAE1" box="[419,677,1299,1321]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ogcocephalidae" genus="Malthopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lophiiformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="296" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="austrafricana" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="B914EABA0227FF99FE0BFA9B8980FAE1" box="[419,677,1299,1321]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="296">Malthopsis austrafricana</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22757C10227FF99FD05FA9C89C2FAE1" box="[685,743,1300,1321]" pageId="7" pageNumber="296" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
, SAIAB 188811, 2 specimens. Upper, 67.0 mm SL, with brownish patches on dorsal surface and rostral spine abnormally bifurcated. Lower, 63.8 mm SL, with many small dots on dorsal surface. Photo by A. D. Connell.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDF36A80227FF99FF6FFA188F38FA39" blockId="7.[151,1436,1424,2025]" pageId="7" pageNumber="296">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.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDF36A80227FF99FF6FFA748997F891" blockId="7.[151,1436,1424,2025]" pageId="7" pageNumber="296">
|
||
Squamation on dorsal disk well developed, consisting mainly of low, pointed, conical, variable-sized bucklers (
|
||
<figureCitation id="135B2A2D0227FF99FF37F9A88BC1F9F1" box="[159,228,1568,1593]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="8.[151,250,1936,1958]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,542,1911]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[151,1436,542,1928]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 5. Close-up view of body portions of Malthopsis austrafricana n. sp., from the holotype. A. Dorsal view of head. B. Lateral view of head. C. Dorsolateral view of dorsal surface between dorsal fin and cranium. D. Dorsal view of right disk. E. Ventral surface of central portion of disk. Anterior to left in Figs. A, D, E. Anterior to right in Figs. B, C. Not to scale." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/223742/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="296">Fig. 5</figureCitation>
|
||
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 (
|
||
<figureCitation id="135B2A2D0227FF99FF37F9048BC6F96D" box="[159,227,1676,1701]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="8.[151,250,1936,1958]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,542,1911]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[151,1436,542,1928]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 5. Close-up view of body portions of Malthopsis austrafricana n. sp., from the holotype. A. Dorsal view of head. B. Lateral view of head. C. Dorsolateral view of dorsal surface between dorsal fin and cranium. D. Dorsal view of right disk. E. Ventral surface of central portion of disk. Anterior to left in Figs. A, D, E. Anterior to right in Figs. B, C. Not to scale." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/223742/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="296">Fig. 5</figureCitation>
|
||
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 (
|
||
<figureCitation id="135B2A2D0227FF99FE71F970893AF8D9" box="[473,543,1784,1809]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="8.[151,250,1936,1958]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,542,1911]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[151,1436,542,1928]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 5. Close-up view of body portions of Malthopsis austrafricana n. sp., from the holotype. A. Dorsal view of head. B. Lateral view of head. C. Dorsolateral view of dorsal surface between dorsal fin and cranium. D. Dorsal view of right disk. E. Ventral surface of central portion of disk. Anterior to left in Figs. A, D, E. Anterior to right in Figs. B, C. Not to scale." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/223742/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="296">Fig. 5</figureCitation>
|
||
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 (
|
||
<figureCitation id="135B2A2D0227FF99FDE5F8C889AAF891" box="[589,655,1856,1881]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="8.[151,250,1936,1958]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,542,1911]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[151,1436,542,1928]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 5. Close-up view of body portions of Malthopsis austrafricana n. sp., from the holotype. A. Dorsal view of head. B. Lateral view of head. C. Dorsolateral view of dorsal surface between dorsal fin and cranium. D. Dorsal view of right disk. E. Ventral surface of central portion of disk. Anterior to left in Figs. A, D, E. Anterior to right in Figs. B, C. Not to scale." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/223742/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="296">Fig. 5</figureCitation>
|
||
C).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDF36A80227FF96FF6FF8EC8929FED5" blockId="7.[151,1436,1424,2025]" lastBlockId="8.[151,1436,151,501]" lastPageId="8" lastPageNumber="297" pageId="7" pageNumber="296">
|
||
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 (
|
||
<figureCitation id="135B2A2D0228FF96FEDEFF348A9DFF1D" box="[374,440,188,213]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="8.[151,250,1936,1958]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,542,1911]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[151,1436,542,1928]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 5. Close-up view of body portions of Malthopsis austrafricana n. sp., from the holotype. A. Dorsal view of head. B. Lateral view of head. C. Dorsolateral view of dorsal surface between dorsal fin and cranium. D. Dorsal view of right disk. E. Ventral surface of central portion of disk. Anterior to left in Figs. A, D, E. Anterior to right in Figs. B, C. Not to scale." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/223742/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="297">Fig. 5</figureCitation>
|
||
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.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDF36A80228FF96FF6FFEAF8AD0FE3D" blockId="8.[151,1436,151,501]" pageId="8" pageNumber="297">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.</paragraph>
|
||
<caption id="DF1F66200228FF96FF3FF8188E67F822" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/223742/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="297" targetBox="[151,1436,542,1911]" targetPageId="8">
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||
<paragraph id="8BDF36A80228FF96FF3FF8188E67F822" blockId="8.[151,1436,1936,2026]" pageId="8" pageNumber="297">
|
||
<emphasis id="B914EABA0228FF96FF3FF8188A36F86E" bold="true" box="[151,275,1936,1958]" pageId="8" pageNumber="297">FIGURE 5.</emphasis>
|
||
Close-up view of body portions of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C604D2B0228FF96FDD5F818885BF86E" box="[637,894,1936,1958]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ogcocephalidae" genus="Malthopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lophiiformes" pageId="8" pageNumber="297" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="austrafricana" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="B914EABA0228FF96FDD5F818885BF86E" box="[637,894,1936,1958]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="297">Malthopsis austrafricana</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22757C10228FF96FC2DF8198898F86E" box="[901,957,1937,1958]" pageId="8" pageNumber="297" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
, from the holotype. A. Dorsal view of head. B. Lateral view of head. C. Dorsolateral view of dorsal surface between dorsal fin and cranium. D. Dorsal view of right disk. E. Ventral surface of central portion of disk. Anterior to left in Figs. A, D, E. Anterior to right in Figs. B, C. Not to scale.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDF36A80229FF97FF6FFF1F88EFFE88" blockId="9.[151,1436,151,1472]" pageId="9" pageNumber="298">
|
||
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 (
|
||
<figureCitation id="135B2A2D0229FF97FA90FF348E5FFF1D" box="[1336,1402,188,213]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="8.[151,250,1936,1958]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,542,1911]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[151,1436,542,1928]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 5. Close-up view of body portions of Malthopsis austrafricana n. sp., from the holotype. A. Dorsal view of head. B. Lateral view of head. C. Dorsolateral view of dorsal surface between dorsal fin and cranium. D. Dorsal view of right disk. E. Ventral surface of central portion of disk. Anterior to left in Figs. A, D, E. Anterior to right in Figs. B, C. Not to scale." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/223742/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="298">Fig. 5</figureCitation>
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||
E); rear margin of anus surrounded by 7 (6–7) flat bucklers; a large naked area present outside gill chamber in
|
||
<typeStatus id="54DB880A0229FF97FA92FF578EB9FF30" box="[1338,1436,223,248]" pageId="9" pageNumber="298" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
and some
|
||
<typeStatus id="54DB880A0229FF97FEA3FE8D8A52FED5" box="[267,375,261,285]" pageId="9" pageNumber="298" type="paratype">paratypes</typeStatus>
|
||
(smaller naked areas in some
|
||
<typeStatus id="54DB880A0229FF97FD79FE8C8867FED4" box="[721,834,260,284]" pageId="9" pageNumber="298" type="paratype">paratypes</typeStatus>
|
||
); ventral surface of tail with a regular row of conical bucklers on each side, coalescing to a bulbous buckler at caudal-fin base.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDF36A80229FF97FF6FFEC489BFFE64" blockId="9.[151,1436,151,1472]" pageId="9" pageNumber="298">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.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDF36A80229FF97FF6FFE3F89FBFDA8" blockId="9.[151,1436,151,1472]" pageId="9" pageNumber="298">
|
||
<emphasis id="B914EABA0229FF97FF6FFE3F8A6AFE18" bold="true" box="[199,335,439,464]" pageId="9" pageNumber="298">Coloration.</emphasis>
|
||
When fresh (
|
||
<figureCitation id="135B2A2D0229FF97FE46FE3F8918FE18" box="[494,573,439,464]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="6.[151,250,1974,1996]" captionTargetBox="[309,1282,294,1973]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[294,1293,237,1976]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 3. Malthopsis austrafricana n. sp., holotype, SAIAB 81896, 70.0 mm SL. A. Dorsal view, fresh condition. B. Ventral view, fresh condition. C. Dorsal view, preserved condition. A, B. Photo by P. C. Heemstra." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/223740/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="298">Figs. 3</figureCitation>
|
||
A–B, 4), dorsal surface uniformly yellowish brown in
|
||
<typeStatus id="54DB880A0229FF97FB1BFE3F8E3DFE18" box="[1203,1304,439,464]" pageId="9" pageNumber="298" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
, with some deeper patches or small dots on dorsal surface and lateral sides of disk and tail in
|
||
<typeStatus id="54DB880A0229FF97FBF5FE558FE9FE3D" box="[1117,1228,477,501]" pageId="9" pageNumber="298" type="paratype">paratypes</typeStatus>
|
||
; 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.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDF36A80229FF97FF6FFDE48F41FC48" blockId="9.[151,1436,151,1472]" pageId="9" pageNumber="298">
|
||
When preserved (
|
||
<figureCitation id="135B2A2D0229FF97FE27FDE48AF6FD4C" box="[399,467,620,645]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="6.[151,250,1974,1996]" captionTargetBox="[309,1282,294,1973]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[294,1293,237,1976]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 3. Malthopsis austrafricana n. sp., holotype, SAIAB 81896, 70.0 mm SL. A. Dorsal view, fresh condition. B. Ventral view, fresh condition. C. Dorsal view, preserved condition. A, B. Photo by P. C. Heemstra." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/223740/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="298">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
|
||
C), dorsal surface uniformly brownish, bucklers pale yellowish to medium brown; no brown patches on dorsal surface of
|
||
<typeStatus id="54DB880A0229FF97FD91FD0789BBFD60" box="[569,670,655,680]" pageId="9" pageNumber="298" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
, some
|
||
<typeStatus id="54DB880A0229FF97FD5AFD188878FD60" box="[754,861,656,680]" pageId="9" pageNumber="298" type="paratype">paratypes</typeStatus>
|
||
with a small irregular dark brown patch on each shoulder and some
|
||
<typeStatus id="54DB880A0229FF97FEDEFD3D8AC4FD05" box="[374,481,693,717]" pageId="9" pageNumber="298" type="paratype">paratypes</typeStatus>
|
||
have one additional patch at front margin of gill opening; one
|
||
<typeStatus id="54DB880A0229FF97FB11FD3D8E3CFD05" box="[1209,1305,693,717]" pageId="9" pageNumber="298" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
|
||
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
|
||
<typeStatus id="54DB880A0229FF97FD36FD748821FCDD" box="[670,772,764,789]" pageId="9" pageNumber="298" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
; 2–3 patches on each disk margin and lateral side of tail in
|
||
<typeStatus id="54DB880A0229FF97FF3FFCA88A23FCF0" box="[151,262,800,824]" pageId="9" pageNumber="298" type="paratype">paratypes</typeStatus>
|
||
; 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
|
||
<typeStatus id="54DB880A0229FF97FCB2FCCC8859FC95" box="[794,892,836,861]" pageId="9" pageNumber="298" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
pale, with a broad band on outer margin in some
|
||
<typeStatus id="54DB880A0229FF97FF3FFCE08A23FC48" box="[151,262,872,896]" pageId="9" pageNumber="298" type="paratype">paratypes</typeStatus>
|
||
; ventral and anal fins of
|
||
<typeStatus id="54DB880A0229FF97FDB2FCEF8959FC48" box="[538,636,871,896]" pageId="9" pageNumber="298" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
pale, with black margin in some
|
||
<typeStatus id="54DB880A0229FF97FC59FCE08F45FC48" box="[1009,1120,872,896]" pageId="9" pageNumber="298" type="paratype">paratypes</typeStatus>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C37A65230229FF97FF6FFC0488A8FBFC" pageId="9" pageNumber="298" type="distribution">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDF36A80229FF97FF6FFC048930FBD8" blockId="9.[151,1436,151,1472]" pageId="9" pageNumber="298">
|
||
<emphasis id="B914EABA0229FF97FF6FFC048A45FC6D" bold="true" box="[199,352,908,933]" pageId="9" pageNumber="298">Distribution.</emphasis>
|
||
Known from off
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F37776380229FF97FDEEFC0489F8FC6D" box="[582,733,908,933]" name="South Africa" pageId="9" pageNumber="298">South Africa</collectingCountry>
|
||
(Dokodweni, Port Alfred, Durban, Coffee Bay), Maputo,
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F37776380229FF97FF3FFC278A0BFC00" box="[151,302,943,968]" name="Mozambique" pageId="9" pageNumber="298">Mozambique</collectingCountry>
|
||
, and
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F37776380229FF97FEC6FC278ADDFC00" box="[366,504,943,968]" name="Madagascar" pageId="9" pageNumber="298">Madagascar</collectingCountry>
|
||
. Bathymetric range
|
||
<quantity id="4C989B4D0229FF97FD4AFC388842FC0F" box="[738,871,944,968]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.9899999999999998" metricValueMax="4.279999999999999" metricValueMin="1.7" pageId="9" pageNumber="298" unit="m" value="299.0" valueMax="428.0" valueMin="170.0">170–428 m</quantity>
|
||
, with a
|
||
<typeStatus id="54DB880A0229FF97FC61FC388F0CFC00" box="[969,1065,944,968]" pageId="9" pageNumber="298" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
|
||
collected from a lagoon, which might be stranded and another
|
||
<typeStatus id="54DB880A0229FF97FE59FC5D8974FC25" box="[497,593,981,1005]" pageId="9" pageNumber="298" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
|
||
collected from a depth between
|
||
<quantity id="4C989B4D0229FF97FC17FC5C8F64FC24" box="[959,1089,980,1004]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.65" metricValueMax="7.0" metricValueMin="4.3" pageId="9" pageNumber="298" unit="m" value="565.0" valueMax="700.0" valueMin="430.0">
|
||
430–
|
||
<specimenCount id="9D66FD210229FF97FC5FFC5C8F64FC24" box="[1015,1089,980,1004]" pageId="9" pageNumber="298" type="generic">700 m</specimenCount>
|
||
</quantity>
|
||
. This species is likely endemic to the southwestern Indian Ocean.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDF36A80229FF97FF6FFB9488A8FBFC" blockId="9.[151,1436,151,1472]" box="[199,909,1052,1077]" pageId="9" pageNumber="298">
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||
<emphasis id="B914EABA0229FF97FF6FFB948BDBFBFD" bold="true" box="[199,254,1052,1077]" pageId="9" pageNumber="298">Size.</emphasis>
|
||
A medium-sized species, the largest adult to 84.0 mm SL.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C37A65230229FF97FF6FFBB78F9AFB90" box="[199,1215,1087,1112]" pageId="9" pageNumber="298" type="etymology">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDF36A80229FF97FF6FFBB78F9AFB90" blockId="9.[151,1436,151,1472]" box="[199,1215,1087,1112]" pageId="9" pageNumber="298">
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||
<emphasis id="B914EABA0229FF97FF6FFBB78A6BFB90" bold="true" box="[199,334,1087,1112]" pageId="9" pageNumber="298">Etymology.</emphasis>
|
||
Named for southern Africa, the area from which the
|
||
<typeStatus id="54DB880A0229FF97FC0AFBC888F7FB90" box="[930,978,1088,1112]" pageId="9" pageNumber="298">type</typeStatus>
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||
series was collected.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C37A65230229FF94FF6FFBEC8852FF30" lastPageId="10" lastPageNumber="299" pageId="9" pageNumber="298" type="discussion">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDF36A80229FF97FF6FFBEC891FFAB0" blockId="9.[151,1436,151,1472]" pageId="9" pageNumber="298">
|
||
<emphasis id="B914EABA0229FF97FF6FFBEC8A1EFBB5" bold="true" box="[199,315,1124,1149]" pageId="9" pageNumber="298">Remarks.</emphasis>
|
||
Specimens of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C604D2B0229FF97FE4AFBEC89DBFBB4" box="[482,766,1124,1149]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ogcocephalidae" genus="Malthopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lophiiformes" pageId="9" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="austrafricana" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="B914EABA0229FF97FE4AFBEC89DBFBB4" box="[482,766,1124,1149]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="298">Malthopsis austrafricana</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22757C10229FF97FCAEFBEC8863FBB5" box="[774,838,1124,1149]" pageId="9" pageNumber="298" rank="species">
|
||
<emphasis id="B914EABA0229FF97FCAEFBEC8863FBB5" bold="true" box="[774,838,1124,1149]" pageId="9" pageNumber="298">n. sp.</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
were identified as
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C604D2B0229FF97FBB6FBED8FB3FBB5" box="[1054,1174,1124,1149]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ogcocephalidae" genus="Malthopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lophiiformes" pageId="9" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tiarella">
|
||
<emphasis id="B914EABA0229FF97FBB6FBED8FB3FBB5" box="[1054,1174,1124,1149]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="298">M. tiarella</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by Bradbury (
|
||
<emphasis id="B914EABA0229FF97FA94FBED8E77FBB4" box="[1340,1362,1125,1148]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="298">in</emphasis>
|
||
Smith & Heemstra 1986), indicating the similarity of their general appearance. It differs from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C604D2B0229FF97FBD1FB018FD4FB68" box="[1145,1265,1159,1184]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ogcocephalidae" genus="Malthopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lophiiformes" pageId="9" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tiarella">
|
||
<emphasis id="B914EABA0229FF97FBD1FB018FD4FB68" box="[1145,1265,1159,1184]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="298">M. tiarella</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
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
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C604D2B0229FF97FE8CFB598AE7FB20" box="[292,450,1231,1256]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ogcocephalidae" genus="Malthopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lophiiformes" pageId="9" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kobayashii">
|
||
<emphasis id="B914EABA0229FF97FE8CFB598AE7FB20" box="[292,450,1231,1256]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="298">M. kobayashii</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
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
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C604D2B0229FF97FC64FB7D8F76FAC4" box="[972,1107,1269,1292]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ogcocephalidae" genus="Malthopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lophiiformes" pageId="9" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="asperata">
|
||
<emphasis id="B914EABA0229FF97FC64FB7D8F76FAC4" box="[972,1107,1269,1292]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="298">M. asperata</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in having lower bucklers (vs. pyramid-like bucklers with spinelets); and from the western Atlantic species,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C604D2B0229FF97FBA2FA918F58FAF8" box="[1034,1149,1305,1328]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ogcocephalidae" genus="Malthopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lophiiformes" pageId="9" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="gnoma">
|
||
<emphasis id="B914EABA0229FF97FBA2FA918F58FAF8" box="[1034,1149,1305,1328]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="298">M. gnoma</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, 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).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDF36A80229FF97FF6FFA0C8E02FA08" blockId="9.[151,1436,151,1472]" pageId="9" pageNumber="298">
|
||
A specimen collected from
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F37776380229FF97FDB8FA0D898FFA55" box="[528,682,1412,1437]" name="New Zealand" pageId="9" pageNumber="298">New Zealand</collectingCountry>
|
||
(NMNZ P.
|
||
<date id="FFDE10680229FF97FC99FA0C88ADFA55" box="[817,904,1412,1437]" pageId="9" pageNumber="298" value="83-05-22">052283</date>
|
||
,
|
||
<quantity id="4C989B4D0229FF97FC30FA0C8F24FA54" box="[920,1025,1412,1436]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.279999999999999" pageId="9" pageNumber="298" unit="mm" value="72.8">72.8 mm</quantity>
|
||
SL) is tentatively identified as
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C604D2B0229FF97FAD5FA0D8A0AFA08" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ogcocephalidae" genus="Malthopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lophiiformes" pageId="9" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="austrafricana">
|
||
<emphasis id="B914EABA0229FF97FAD5FA0D8A0AFA08" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="298">M. austrafricana</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. However, more specimens are needed to verify the status of the
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F37776380229FF97FBA2FA218F85FA08" box="[1034,1184,1447,1472]" name="New Zealand" pageId="9" pageNumber="298">New Zealand</collectingCountry>
|
||
population.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDF36A80229FF97FF3FF99C8A30F9E5" blockId="9.[151,277,1556,1581]" box="[151,277,1556,1581]" pageId="9" pageNumber="298">
|
||
<emphasis id="B914EABA0229FF97FF3FF99C8A30F9E5" bold="true" box="[151,277,1556,1581]" pageId="9" pageNumber="298">Discussion</emphasis>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDF36A80229FF97FF3FF9D48BFDF815" blockId="9.[151,1436,1628,2013]" pageId="9" pageNumber="298">
|
||
Bradbury (
|
||
<emphasis id="B914EABA0229FF97FEBDF9D58A0EF9BC" box="[277,299,1629,1652]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="298">in</emphasis>
|
||
Smith & Heemstra 1986) recorded three species of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C604D2B0229FF97FC31F9D48F33F9BD" box="[921,1046,1628,1653]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ogcocephalidae" genus="Malthopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lophiiformes" pageId="9" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B914EABA0229FF97FC31F9D48F33F9BD" box="[921,1046,1628,1653]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="298">Malthopsis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
from
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F37776380229FF97FBCAF9D48FDEF9BD" box="[1122,1275,1628,1653]" name="South Africa" pageId="9" pageNumber="298">South Africa</collectingCountry>
|
||
:
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C604D2B0229FF97FAA2F9D58E4EF9BD" box="[1290,1387,1628,1653]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ogcocephalidae" genus="Malthopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lophiiformes" pageId="9" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lutea">
|
||
<emphasis id="B914EABA0229FF97FAA2F9D58E4EF9BD" box="[1290,1387,1628,1653]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="298">M. lutea</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C604D2B0229FF97FAD5F9D58A24F950" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ogcocephalidae" genus="Malthopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lophiiformes" pageId="9" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mitrigera">
|
||
<emphasis id="B914EABA0229FF97FAD5F9D58A24F950" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="298">M. mitrigera</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C604D2B0229FF97FE91F9098A95F950" box="[313,432,1663,1688]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ogcocephalidae" genus="Malthopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lophiiformes" pageId="9" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tiarella">
|
||
<emphasis id="B914EABA0229FF97FE91F9098A95F950" box="[313,432,1663,1688]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="298">M. tiarella</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. The presence of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C604D2B0229FF97FDD4F9098828F950" box="[636,781,1665,1688]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ogcocephalidae" genus="Malthopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lophiiformes" pageId="9" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mitrigera">
|
||
<emphasis id="B914EABA0229FF97FDD4F9098828F950" box="[636,781,1665,1688]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="298">M. mitrigera</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in the WIO is confirmed from specimens taken off
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F37776380229FF97FAF3F9F78BC7F975" name="South Africa" pageId="9" pageNumber="298">South Africa</collectingCountry>
|
||
. However, the other two species do not occur in the WIO. Bradbury (
|
||
<emphasis id="B914EABA0229FF97FC5FF92D8F60F974" box="[1015,1093,1701,1724]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="298">op. cit.</emphasis>
|
||
: 372) mentioned in the key to species that
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C604D2B0229FF97FE8EF9418AA2F928" box="[294,391,1735,1760]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ogcocephalidae" genus="Malthopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lophiiformes" pageId="9" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lutea">
|
||
<emphasis id="B914EABA0229FF97FE8EF9418AA2F928" box="[294,391,1735,1760]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="298">M. lutea</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C604D2B0229FF97FE6DF941891AF928" box="[453,575,1735,1760]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ogcocephalidae" genus="Malthopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lophiiformes" pageId="9" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tiarella">
|
||
<emphasis id="B914EABA0229FF97FE6DF941891AF928" box="[453,575,1735,1760]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="298">M. tiarella</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
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 (2010a) reviewed
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C604D2B0229FF97FEC1F8998AEEF8E0" box="[361,459,1807,1832]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ogcocephalidae" genus="Malthopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lophiiformes" pageId="9" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lutea">
|
||
<emphasis id="B914EABA0229FF97FEC1F8998AEEF8E0" box="[361,459,1807,1832]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="298">M. lutea</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and found ventral surface covered with small bucklers and naked elsewhere, which indicates that the account of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C604D2B0229FF97FE74F8BD891EF885" box="[476,571,1844,1869]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ogcocephalidae" genus="Malthopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lophiiformes" pageId="9" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lutea">
|
||
<emphasis id="B914EABA0229FF97FE74F8BD891EF885" box="[476,571,1844,1869]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="298">M. lutea</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is another species. Also, Bradbury (
|
||
<emphasis id="B914EABA0229FF97FC7FF8BD8F00F884" box="[983,1061,1845,1868]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="298">op. cit.</emphasis>
|
||
: 373) reported that her specimen of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C604D2B0229FF97FF1DF8D18A09F8B8" box="[181,300,1879,1904]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ogcocephalidae" genus="Malthopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lophiiformes" pageId="9" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tiarella">
|
||
<emphasis id="B914EABA0229FF97FF1DF8D18A09F8B8" box="[181,300,1879,1904]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="298">M. tiarella</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
has 4 or 5 dorsal-fin rays, which differs from the count of 6 or 7 rays for
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C604D2B0229FF97FBC2F8D18FC4F8B8" box="[1130,1249,1879,1904]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ogcocephalidae" genus="Malthopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lophiiformes" pageId="9" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tiarella">
|
||
<emphasis id="B914EABA0229FF97FBC2F8D18FC4F8B8" box="[1130,1249,1879,1904]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="298">M. tiarella</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
given by
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F37776380229FF97FAF9F8DF8EB9F8B8" box="[1361,1436,1879,1904]" name="Jordan" pageId="9" pageNumber="298">Jordan</collectingCountry>
|
||
(1902) and Nakabo (2002). Examination of specimens deposited at SAIAB revealed that specimens identified as
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C604D2B0229FF97FF3FF8288A71F871" box="[151,340,1952,1977]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ogcocephalidae" genus="Malthopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lophiiformes" pageId="9" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lutea">
|
||
<emphasis id="B914EABA0229FF97FF3FF8288A71F871" box="[151,340,1952,1977]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="298">Malthopsis lutea</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
were actually
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C604D2B0229FF97FE54F8298945F870" box="[508,608,1953,1976]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ogcocephalidae" genus="Malthopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lophiiformes" pageId="9" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="gigas">
|
||
<emphasis id="B914EABA0229FF97FE54F8298945F870" box="[508,608,1953,1976]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="298">M. gigas</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and those of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C604D2B0229FF97FD54F8298850F871" box="[764,885,1952,1977]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ogcocephalidae" genus="Malthopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lophiiformes" pageId="9" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tiarella">
|
||
<emphasis id="B914EABA0229FF97FD54F8298850F871" box="[764,885,1952,1977]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="298">M. tiarella</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
are described as
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C604D2B0229FF97FB93F8298FDFF870" box="[1083,1274,1952,1976]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ogcocephalidae" genus="Malthopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lophiiformes" pageId="9" pageNumber="298" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="austrafricana">
|
||
<emphasis id="B914EABA0229FF97FB93F8298FDFF870" box="[1083,1274,1952,1976]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="298">M. austrafricana</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in the present work.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDF36A8022AFF94FF6FFF108852FF30" blockId="10.[151,1436,151,248]" pageId="10" pageNumber="299">
|
||
In summary, five species of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C604D2B022AFF94FDACFF1F89A4FF78" box="[516,641,151,176]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ogcocephalidae" genus="Malthopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lophiiformes" pageId="10" pageNumber="299" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B914EABA022AFF94FDACFF1F89A4FF78" box="[516,641,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="299">Malthopsis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
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.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
</document> |