Bathylaco
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Bathylaco nigricans | |
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Genus: | Bathylaco Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896
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Bathylaco nigricans Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896
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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]
- Bathylaco macrophthalmus J. G. Nielsen & Larsen, 1968
- Bathylaco nielseni Sazonov & Ivanov, 1980
- Bathylaco nigricans Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896 (Black warrior)
References
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Bathylaco". FishBase. October 2013 version.