Scientific Name	Malthopsis gigas			by: H. C. Ho
Author	Ho & Shao, 2010	Depth	210 - 540M
Chinese	巨海蝠魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	蝙蝠魚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F233　Ogcocephalidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	巨海蝠魚
Max Length	9.5 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	棘茄魚
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South West、North East
Habitats	Deep Sea、Benthos	Holotype Locality	Tashi fish market, Yilan, northeastern Taiwan, depth 210-340 meters
Synonyms	Malthopsis jordani
Reference	Ho, H. C. & K. T. Shao, 2010. A review of Malthopsis jordani Gilbert, 1905, with description of a new batfish from the Indo-Pacific Ocean(Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae). Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., Ser. A, Suppl. 4, pp. 9–19.  Hsuan-Ching Ho etc. 2010
Specimen List	ASIZP0056025Paratype. ASIZP0058056Paratype. ASIZP0062595Paratype. ASIZP0063084Holotype. ASIZP0064577Paratype. ASIZP0064578Paratype. ASIZP0064584Paratype. ASIZP0064594. ASIZP0064595Paratype. ASIZP0064596Paratype. ASIZP0065124Paratype. ASIZP0065891Paratype. ASIZP0910797Paratype.
Common Name	Giant triangular batfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
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