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GBIF·2414876speciesAnimalia49 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderLophiiformes
  4. ›familyOgcocephalidae
  5. ›genusMalthopsis
Malthopsis jordani
R. L. Hudson (Public domain) · Wikimedia Commons. Found by name on iNaturalist, Wikimedia Commons and in the open-access papers that described the species (Plazi); click a picture for its credit and licence.
IUCN LC · Least concern

Jordan’s Triangular Batfish

Malthopsis jordani Gilbert, 1905

Also calledchřestivec Jordanův (ces) · Острорылая рыба-лопата Джордана (rus)

First described in: Gilbert, C. H. (1905). II. The deep-sea fishes of the Hawaiian Islands. <em>In: The aquatic resources of the Hawaiian Islands. Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission.</em> v. 23 (pt 2) [for 1903]: 577-713, Pls. 66-101.

This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.

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Where it has been recorded

Recorded sightings

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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2414876.