Bathylagus antarcticus
Appearance
Bathylagus antarcticus | |
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Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Argentiniformes |
Family: | Bathylagidae |
Genus: | Bathylagus |
Species: | B. antarcticus
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Binomial name | |
Bathylagus antarcticus Günther, 1878
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Bathylagus antarcticus, the Antarctic deep-sea smelt, is a deep-sea smelt found around the southern ocean as far south as Antarctica, to depths of 4,000 metres (13,000 ft). This species grows to a length of 14 centimetres (5.5 in) SL.
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Bathylagus antarcticus" in FishBase. February 2012 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