Species that contain: Malthopsis and mitrigera [ 3 ] records

luteus, Malthopsis Alcock [A. W.] 1891:26, Pl. 8 (figs. 2, 2a) [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 6) v. 8 (no. 43/44); ref. 87] Andaman Sea, 11°31'40"N, 92°46'06"E, Investigator station 115, depth 188-220 fathoms. Lectotype: BMNH 1898.7.13.6 [ex.. ZSI F13024]. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1891.9.2.2 (1); ZSI F13014-16 (3), 13018 (1), 13021 (1) [the last 3 lots are M. mitrigera]. Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:165 [ref. 20743], Menon and Rama-Rao 1970:377 [ref. 27516], Menon & Rama-Rao 1975:47 [ref. 22148]. Figured in Alcock 1898:Pl. 19 (fig. 4) [ref. 20534] as lutea. Some of the syntypes represent Malthopsis mitrigera, including ZSI F13016, F13018, F13021 (M.G. Bradbury, pers. obs.). Lectotype selected by Ho & Shao 2010:3, 8 [ref. 31024]. •Valid as Malthopsis lutea Alcock 1891 -- (Ochiai & Mitani 1956:280 [ref. 38864], Bradbury 1967:416 [ref. 23209] as luteus, Mochizuki in Okamura et al. 1982:193, 360 [ref. 8256], Okamura in Masuda et al. 1984:104 [ref. 6441], Yamakawa in Okamura & Kitajima 1984:285, 383 [ref. 8057], Bradbury 1986:373 [ref. 6291] as luteus, Paxton et al. 1989:285 [ref. 12442], Lindberg et al. 1997:243 [ref. 23547], Lee & Kim 1998:68 [ref. 38858], Bradbury 1999:2025 [ref. 24767] as luteus, Nakabo 2000:462 [ref. 25086], Bradbury in Randall & Lim 2000:598 [ref. 25122], Youn et al. 2000:257 [ref. 25179], Hutchins 2001:22 [ref. 25847], Shinohara et al. 2001:310 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:462 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:214, 543 [ref. 26218], Bradbury 2003:8 [ref. 27309], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S99 [ref. 27377], Shinohara et al. 2005:420 [ref. 28370], Paxton et al. 2006:654 [ref. 28995], Ho & Shao 2008:306 [ref. 30133], Ho et al. 2009:394 [ref. 30456], Ho & Shao 2010:9 [ref. 30803], Ho & Shao 2010:3 [ref. 31024], Fricke et al. 2011:368 [ref. 31242], Ho 2013:289 [ref. 32898], Larson et al. 2013:56 [ref. 32988], Shinohara et al. 2014:243 [ref. 33330], Psomadakis et al. 2020:334 [ref. 37272] as cf. lutea, Ho & Last 2021:168 [ref. 38143], Ho & Last 2021:183 [ref. 38143]). Current status: Valid as Malthopsis lutea Alcock 1891. Ogcocephalidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean: Myanmar and Andaman Sea and Arafura Sea, northern Australia. Habitat: marine.

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.

triangularis, Malthopsis Lloyd [R. E.] 1909:169 [Memoirs of the Indian Museum v. 2 (no. 3); ref. 2814] Andaman Sea, 10°21'N, 92°46'15"E, Investigator station 332, depth 279 fathoms. Syntypes: ZSI F1121/1 (1), F1125/1 (1). Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:165 [ref. 20743], Menon & Rama-Rao 1975:47-48 [ref. 22148]. Figured in Lloyd 1909:Pl. 45 (figs. 1-1a) [ref. 20539]. •Synonym of Malthopsis mitrigera Gilbert & Cramer 1897 -- (Ochiai & Mitani 1956:274 [ref. 38864], Bradbury 1967:416 [ref. 23209], Bradbury 2003:8 [ref. 27309], Ho & Shao 2010:8 [ref. 31024]). Current status: Synonym of Malthopsis mitrigera Gilbert & Cramer 1897. Ogcocephalidae. Habitat: marine.