Bathylagus
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| Goiter blacksmelt, (Bathylagus euryops) | |
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| Genus: | Bathylagus Günther, 1878
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Bathylagus is a genus of deep-sea smelts, some species of which are noted for having stylophthalmine larvae.
Species
There are currently seven recognized species in this genus: [1]
- Bathylagus andriashevi Kobyliansky, 1986
- Bathylagus antarcticus Günther, 1878 (Antarctic deepsea smelt)
- Bathylagus euryops Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896 (Goiter blacksmelt)
- Bathylagus gracilis Lönnberg, 1905
- Bathylagus niger Kobyliansky, 2006[2]
- Bathylagus pacificus C. H. Gilbert, 1890 (Slender blacksmelt)
- Bathylagus tenuis Kobyliansky, 1986
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Bathylagus". FishBase. February 2012 version.
- ^ Kobylyanskii (2006). "Bathylagus niger sp. nova (Bathylagidae) Salmoniformes, a new species from subpolar waters of the Southern Ocean". Vopr Ikhtiol. 46 (4): 438.
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