Bathylagus
Genus of fishes
| Bathylagus | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Goiter blacksmelt, (Bathylagus euryops) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Argentiniformes |
| Family: | Bathylagidae |
| Genus: | Bathylagus Günther, 1878 |
| Species | |
| See text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
| Therobromus Lucas, 1899 | |
Bathylagus is a genus of deep-sea smelts, some species of which are noted for having stylophthalmine larvae.
Species
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
- ^ 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.
External links
- "Bathylagus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
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