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Malthopsis is a genus of batfishes with a wide distribution in the world's oceans. In 2021, five new species were described from Australia and M. provocator was resurrected from synonymy with M. lutea.^[1]

There are currently 22 recognized species in this genus:^[1]

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^ ^a ^b Ho, Hsuan-Ching; Last, Peter (2021-01-01). "Review of the batfish genus Malthopsis from Australia (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae), with descriptions of five new species". Bulletin of Marine Science. 97 (1): 165–218. doi:10.5343/bms.2020.0037. S2CID 226454247.
^ ^a ^b Ho, H.-C.; Roberts, C.D.; Shao, K.-T. (2013). "Revision of batfishes (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae) of New Zealand and adjacent waters, with description of two new species of the genus Malthopsis". Zootaxa. 3626: 188–200. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3626.1.8. PMID 26176132.
^ ^a ^b Ho, H.-C. (2013). "Two new species of the batfish genus Malthopsis (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae) from the Western Indian Ocean". Zootaxa. 3716: 289–300. doi:10.1080/00222939109460385. PMID 26106777.

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