Deepsea lizardfish
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| Deepsea lizardfish | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Aulopiformes |
| Family: | Bathysauridae |
| Genus: | Bathysaurus |
| Species: | B. ferox |
| Binomial name | |
| Bathysaurus ferox Günther, 1878 |
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The deepsea lizardfish, Bathysaurus ferox, is a lizardfish of the family Bathysauridae, found in tropical and subtropical seas worldwide.
[edit] Appearance
Deepsea lizardfish are covered in tough scales and are dark brown or black with black eyes and a black lining to the mouth and gill cavity.Its length is between 50 and 65 cm.
[edit] References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Bathysaurus ferox" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
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