Deep-sea smelt
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| Deep-sea smelts | |
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| Goiter blacksmelt, Bathylagus euryops | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Osmeriformes |
| Family: | Bathylagidae |
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Bathylagichthys |
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The deep-sea smelts are a family, Bathylagidae, of osmeriform fishes.
They are marine fishes found in deep waters throughout the oceans, down to 1,500 m in depth. They are small fishes, growing up to 25 cm long. They feed on plankton, especially krill.
[edit] Species
There are 23 species in eight genera:
- Genus Bathylagichthys
- Bathylagichthys australis Kobyliansky, 1990.
- Bathylagichthys longipinnis (Kobyliansky, 1985).
- Bathylagichthys parini Kobyliansky, 1990.
- Bathylagichthys problematicus (Lloris & Rucabado, 1985).
- Genus Bathylagoides
- Bathylagoides argyrogaster (Norman, 1930).
- Genus Bathylagus
- Bathylagus andriashevi Kobyliansky, 1986.
- Bathylagus antarcticus Günther, 1878.
- Bathylagus borealis Gilbert, 1896.
- Bathylagus callorhini (Lucas, 1899).
- Goiter blacksmelt, Bathylagus euryops Goode & Bean, 1896.
- Bathylagus gracilis Lönnberg, 1905.
- Bathylagus greyae Cohen, 1958.
- Bathylagus niger Kobylyanskii 2006.[1]
- Blackchin blacksmelt, Bathylagus nigrigenys Parr, 1931.
- Slender blacksmelt, Bathylagus pacificus Gilbert, 1890.
- California smoothtongue, Bathylagus stilbius (Gilbert, 1890).
- Bathylagus tenuis Kobyliansky, 1986.
- Snubnose blacksmelt, Bathylagus wesethi Bolin, 1938.
- Genus Dolicholagus
- Longsnout blacksmelt, Dolicholagus longirostris (Maul, 1948).
- Genus Leuroglossus
- Northern smoothtongue, Leuroglossus schmidti Rass, 1955.
- Genus Lipolagus
- Eared blacksmelt, Lipolagus ochotensis (Schmidt, 1938).
- Genus Melanolagus
- Melanolagus bericoides (Borodin, 1929).
- Genus Pseudobathylagus
- Stout blacksmelt, Pseudobathylagus milleri (Jordan & Gilbert, 1898).
[edit] References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Bathylagidae" in FishBase. January 2006 version.
- ^ Kobylyanskii (2006). "Bathylagus niger sp. nova (Bathylagidae) Salmoniformes, a new species from subpolar waters of the Southern Ocean.". Vopr Ikhtiol 46 (4): 438.
