Bathylaco

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

Bathylaco
Bathylaco nigricans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Argentiniformes
Family:
Alepocephalidae
Genus:
Bathylaco

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

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
  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Bathylaco in FishBase. October 2013 version.


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