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Bathylaco

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Bathylaco
Bathylaco nigricans
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Bathylaco

Type species
Bathylaco nigricans
Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896
Synonyms
  • Macromastax Beebe, 1933

Bathylaco is a genus of slickheads found in deep oceanic waters.[1] It is one of nineteen genera in the family Alepocephalidae.

Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Bathylaco". FishBase. October 2013 version.