Species: Malthopsis gnoma, Gnome Seabat Batfish, Grotesque seabat

Malthopsis gnoma Bradbury, 1998

Grotesque seabat

 Head depressed, but elevated above disk; disc triangular; tail long; mouth small; cavity on snout for lure is small; lure a single central bulb without lobes, with a small, distinctly upturned, conical rostrum overhanging it; no cover over pupils; buckler at angle of operculum with a large, thick, back-pointing spine at end; gill rakers in form of tiny pads of teeth set on small stalks; gill openings small, behind upper base of pectoral fin; dorsal and anal fins small, at rear of body; base of pectoral fins arm-like, well separated from body; pelvic fins not reduced in size; bony buckers and spines present; underside of body completely covered with scales; underside of tail densely covered with small prickles, plus 2 rows of large cone-like scales.