mitriger, Malthopsis Gilbert [C. H.] & Cramer [F.] 1897:434, Pl. 48 (figs. 1-2) [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 19 (no. 1114); ref. 1635] Off Hawaiian Islands, 21°N, 157°W, depth 295-310 fathoms. Syntypes: CAS-SU 4915 (2), USNM 47700 (2). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:148 [ref. 12291]. The largest specimen in USNM 47700 was illustrated in Gilbert & Cramer 1897 [ref. 1635]. •Valid as Malthopsis mitrigera Gilbert & Cramer 1897 -- (Ochiai & Mitani 1956:274 [ref. 38864], Bradbury 1967:416 [ref. 23209], Okamura in Masuda et al. 1984:104 [ref. 6441], Bradbury 1986:373 [ref. 6291], Lindberg et al. 1997:243 [ref. 23547], Adam et al. 1998:10 [ref. 23610], Bradbury 1999:2025 [ref. 24767], Nakabo 2000:461 [ref. 25086], Bradbury in Randall & Lim 2000:598 [ref. 25122], Shinohara et al. 2001:310 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:461 [ref. 26001], Bradbury 2003:8 [ref. 27309], Shinohara et al. 2005:420 [ref. 28370], Mundy 2005:267 [ref. 28379], Ho & Shao 2008:307 [ref. 30133], Ho et al. 2009:394 [ref. 30456], Ho & Shao 2010:9 [ref. 30803], Ho & Shao 2010:2. 8 [ref. 31024], Ho et al. 2013:195 [ref. 32518], Ho 2013:289 [ref. 32898], Duffy & Ahyong 2015:110 [ref. 36167], Ho 2015:901 [ref. 34268], Fricke et al. 2018:92 [ref. 35805], Ho & Last 2021:168 [ref. 38143], Ho & Last 2021:192 [ref. 38143], Ho & Anderson 2022:307 [ref. 39712]). Current status: Valid as Malthopsis mitrigera Gilbert & Cramer 1897. Ogcocephalidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Western Cape, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), Comoros and Madagascar east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia and Kermadec Ridge. Habitat: marine.