title: Revision of batfishes (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae) of New Zealand and adjacent waters, with description of two new species of the genus Malthopsis.
abstract: Examination and taxonomic review of the batfishes collected from New Zealand and adjacent waters reveals five nominal species: Halieutopsis bathyoreos and Malthopsis mitrigera are recorded from New Zealand for the first time; the synonymy of Halieutaea maoria with H. stellata is confirmed, and two new species are described. Malthopsis asparata sp. nov. is unique in having stout principal bucklers with prominent spines. Malthopsis parva sp. nov. differs from congeners in having a naked abdomen, a short rostral spine directed upward, and all principal bucklers blunt.
authors.affiliation: National Museum of Marine Biology & Aquarium; Institute of Marine Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, National Dong Hwa university; No. 2, Houwan Rd., Checheng, Pingtung, 944, Taiwan. ogcoho@gmail.com
authors.forename: Hsuan-ching
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: Clive D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: Kwang-tsao
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Shao
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005399:Fishes / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D009520:New Zealand; D010140:Pacific Ocean; D013045:Species Specificity