Ring Triangular Batfish
Malthopsis annulifera
- Usual depth187–530 m
- Water temperature20–29 °C
- Best monthsMarch and August
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 2 records
- February: 3 records
- March: 16 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 4 records
- June: 3 records
- July: 4 records
- August: 10 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 8 records
- November: 7 records
- December: 2 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 187–530 m · Deepest record: 950 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Ring Triangular Batfish
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- Wanukefuryuuo, ワヌケフウリュウウオ
- Simplified Chinese
- 棘茄魚, 牛尾頭章, 環紋海蝠魚
Other scientific names: Malthopsis ocellata
Similar species
- Kobayashi’s Batfish
Malthopsis kobayashii
- Longnose Seabat
Malthopsis lutea
- Marbled Seabat
Halicmetus reticulatus
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 126 open-data records from 1908 to 2012.
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