Bathylagus
Appearance
Bathylagus | |
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Goiter blacksmelt, (Bathylagus euryops) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Argentiniformes |
Family: | Bathylagidae |
Genus: | Bathylagus Günther, 1878 |
Species | |
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Synonyms[1] | |
Therobromus Lucas, 1899 |
Bathylagus is a genus of deep-sea smelts, some species of which are noted for having stylophthalmine larvae.
Species
[edit]The seven recognized, extant species in this genus are:[2]
- Bathylagus andriashevi Kobyliansky, 1986
- Bathylagus antarcticus Günther, 1878 (Antarctic deepsea smelt)
- Bathylagus euryops Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896 (goiter blacksmelt)
- Bathylagus gracilis Lönnberg, 1905
- Bathylagus niger Kobyliansky, 2006[3]
- Bathylagus pacificus C. H. Gilbert, 1890 (slender blacksmelt)
- Bathylagus tenuis Kobyliansky, 1986
References
[edit]- ^ Bailly, Nicolas (2014). "Bathylagus Günther, 1878". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Bathylagus". FishBase. February 2012 version.
- ^ Kobylyanskii (2006). "Bathylagus niger sp. nova (Bathylagidae) Salmoniformes, a new species from subpolar waters of the Southern Ocean". Vopr Ikhtiol. 46 (4): 438.