Two new species of the batfish genus Malthopsis (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae) from the Western Indian Ocean Author Ho, Hsuan-Ching text Zootaxa 2013 3716 2 289 300 journal article 43035 10.11646/zootaxa.3716.2.9 cd3d13de-0da7-4dd6-acd0-38e59e99a9c7 1175-5326 223737 70D1FF8D-202C-4931-8537-AC2D5C266822

TABLE 1. Morphometric and meristic data of two new Malthopsis species described in present study. Pectoral-fin rays are counted on both sides.

	M. bradburyae n. sp.	M. austrafricana n. sp.
	Holotype All types	Holotype All types
SL	72.4 35.6–72.4 (n = 9)	70.0 45.2–84.0 (n = 17)
% SL	Mean (Range) SD	Mean (Range) SD
Head length	27.2 27.8 (26.0–29.5) 1.1	27.4 27.1 (24.8–30.3) 1.3
Head width	21.5 22.5 (20.8–25.0) 1.2	22.9 23.0 (20.6–25.8) 1.4
Head depth	22.8 23.1 (21.2–25.9) 1.5	21.4 22.2 (19.8–24.0) 1.4
Orbital width	13.5 12.4 (11.2–13.5) 0.8	12.1 12.5 (10.7–14.5) 0.9
Interorbiral width	8.1 8.5 (7.6–9.8) 0.7	9.4 8.4 (7.4–9.7) 0.7
Rostral length	6.2 7.7 (6.2–9.4) 1.1	9.4 8.3 (6.0–10.7) 1.7
Predorsal length	66.2 67.5 (65.3–69.8) 1.8	64.3 12.9 (10.7–14.5) 1.0
Preanus length	53.0 55.3 (53.0–58.2) 1.9	54.3 66.5 (63.8–71.4) 2.0
Preanal length	79.8 81.0 (77.5–83.0) 1.8	82.4 54.8 (52.6–57.5) 1.5
Disk margin length	43.0 44.1 (40.1–47.2) 2.7	44.9 80.5 (78.1–82.9) 1.3
Mouth width	14.4 14.4 (13.1–15.9) 0.9	12.9 44.5 (39.6–48.1) 2.7
Dorsal-fin length	18.9 18.6 (16.8–20.2) 1.2	17.4 22.3 (19.6–24.8) 1.4
Anal-fin length	15.1 17.7 (15.1–20.5) 1.9	14.3 17.4 (14.3–19.3) 1.4
Pectoral-fin length	22.0 22.5 (20.9–24.2) 1.1	22.6 17.7 (14.3–20.3) 1.7
Caudal-fin length	25.8 26.1 (24.0–29.2) 1.9	25.7 25.2 (23.1–27.3) 1.3
Meristics	Value (Frequency)	Value (Frequency)
Dorsal-fin rays	5 5 (7), 6 (2)	5 5 (12), 6 (5)
Pectoral-fin rays	12/13 11 (2), 12 (15), 13 (1)	13/13 12 (30), 13 (4)
Anal-fin rays	3 3 (3), 4 (5)	4 3(2), 4 (15)