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Black lizardfish 
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Aulopiformes Family: Ipnopidae Genus: Bathysauropsis Species: B. gracilis Binomial name Bathysauropsis gracilis
(Günther, 1878)The black lizardfish or deep-water greeneye, Bathysauropsis gracilis, is a grinner of the genus Bathysauropsis, found around the world in the southern oceans, at depths of between 1,500 and 3,000 m. Its length is from 20 to 30 cm.
References
- "Bathysauropsis gracilis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=644763. Retrieved 18 April 2006.
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Bathysauropsis gracilis" in FishBase. January 2006 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
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